Men with Guns is a 1997 Canadian crime drama film directed by Kari Skogland.Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 143. The film stars Donal Logue, Paul Sorvino, and Gregory Sporleder.
The cast also includes Callum Keith Rennie, Max Perlich, Joseph Griffin, Bill MacDonald, Janet Kidder, Sabrina Grdevich, Jack Duffy, Mimi Kuzyk, Joe Pingue and Tony Nappo.
Plot Goldman and Lucas are two smalltime hustlers who run afoul of local mob boss Horace Burke when they discover and steal a stash of cocaine.Rick Groen, "Men With Guns fires blanks". The Globe and Mail, January 23, 1999.
Release and reception The film premiered in the Perspective Canada program at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival."The Canadian perspective". Toronto Star, September 5, 1997. The film faced some press criticism for its title, as American filmmaker John Sayles had also screened a film titled Men with Guns at TIFF just four days earlier.Brian D. Johnson, "The sacred and the profane: Toronto's festival gets stars, big movies and cinematic curiosities". Maclean's, September 8, 1997.
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