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23 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 29 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

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  • Starring: Emily Mortimer, Robert Carlyle, Samuel L. Jackson
  • Summary: Elmo McElroy (Jackson) is an American master chemist who heads to England to set up his last big deal, the introduction of a new designer drug to the European underworld. When he hooks up with a Liverpool local (Carlyle), his plans quickly go awry in this action-packed comedy.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 29
  3. Negative: 20 out of 29
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    75
    Bloody and bloody funny, and Jackson and Carlyle make the best salt-and-pepper team since Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte knocked heads in ''48 HRS., '' but ultimately the movie can't find a way out of its own dead end.
  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    50
    A messy fish-out-of-water gangland romp.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    38
    It's a movie that puts Samuel Jackson in kilts, Robert Carlyle in a red Jaguar, and the audience -- if they have any sense at all -- out in the lobby, looking for another picture.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. AlexF.
    10
    Formula 51 is an amazing movie. I think the diorector was right to pick Samuel L. Jackson to cast as Elmo McElroy.He is the greatest actor of all time.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Nel
    10
    Very funny movie. Good soundtrack rave dance.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Josh
    8
    A surprise hit for me, with some good funny moments.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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