Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

They make no excuses. They don't ask forgiveness. Their story is without compromise, brutal and simple. For contemporary desperados Parker and associate Longbaugh, crime means survival at any cost. Their impromptu plan to kidnap surrogate mother Robin, just weeks from delivering the son of Hale and Francesca Chidduck, seems to be a fast way to cash in on a fat ransom and head for the border. But their haste does indeed make waste.They make no excuses. They don't ask forgiveness. Their story is without compromise, brutal and simple. For contemporary desperados Parker and associate Longbaugh, crime means survival at any cost. Their impromptu plan to kidnap surrogate mother Robin, just weeks from delivering the son of Hale and Francesca Chidduck, seems to be a fast way to cash in on a fat ransom and head for the border. But their haste does indeed make waste.

The Way of the Gun (2000): Dir: Christopher McQuarrie / Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Ryan Phillippe, James Caan, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs: Nobody cares what happens in this film because there is not a character in it that we care about. It regards violence and the senseless actions that resort to such extremes. This is proved within a climax where bullets fly, people die and viewers are unmoved. The film stars Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro who kidnap a pregnant woman played by Juliette Lewis. James Caan demands that the child be delivered safely but he is hiding a secret. His son is Lewis's doctor who apparently got into trouble in Baltimore and owes Caan more than a few favors. Intriguing setup derails into gory violence. Director Christopher McQuarrie delivers on the action but never finds an emotional core. Phillippe and Del Toro are constantly in the midst of violence but they display no sense of human worth. Lewis is doing little more than be a waiting pregnant woman. Caan is given his umpteenth gangster role that has plagued his career since The Godfather, and rarely can these roles match what that film played out. There is no reason to see this film unless one has some sadistic desire to watch human destruction and carnage at its exploited worst. Pointless mayhem demonstrates that the way of the gun is no way at all. Score: 4 / 10

Parker (Ryan Phillippe) and Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro) are two petty criminals with not much going for them. They come up with a scheme to kidnap surrogate Robin (Juliette Lewis) who is carrying a gangster's baby. She is under guard every moment by Jeffers (Taye Diggs) and Obecks (Nicky Katt).This starts with a pretty funny scene with a loudmouth Sarah Silverman pushing her boyfriend to fight Ryan Phillippe. She gets punched in the face and it's shockingly funny. I wish the rest of this is just as good. Writer/director Christopher McQuarrie has created something that is a little bit off. It's pulpy but it's way too much of a mess. It has a bit of action, but there are long stretches of boring inaction . It tries to be 'Pulp Fiction' but he ain't no Tarantino. But then who is? The dialog is stiff. Overall there is no likable character anywhere, not even Robin. There is no rooting interest. It is stretched out far too much after an interesting kidnapping start. McQuarrie is trying to do his own movie after the success of writing 'The Usual Suspects'. It shows some promise with some unusual touches. However this is a near miss overall.

Ryan Phillippe isn't a very good actor, especially in this movie. He's completely and totally miscast in his role...now maybe that's not his fault, after all, they do have casting directors who are supposed to determine who is right for what roles, but you still can't let Phillippe off the hook for thinking he could play a part like this...He spends most of the movie using some sort of weird voice, it almost sounds like he's trying to channel vintage Pacino or something. Whatever it is, it doesn't work and he sounds like a moron.Now, I can buy Benecio Del Toro as a badass. He's greasy. He's tired-looking. He doesn't say much. But, he's also not very interesting. Just because you're a badass doesn't mean you're very much fun to watch and he certainly isn't.Also, someone needs to tell James Caan it's not 1972 anymore. He just shouldn't play a badass these days. It just looks ridiculous...I know he says something in the movie about how even though he's an old man, that just proves he's a survivor...or some crap like that, but, to me, it just seems like he's making excuses for looking like a nonthreatening old fart and hopes that by saying something like that he might con (or is it Caan?) a few people into still thinking he's tough.The only part of this movie worth watching is at the very beginning where Sarah Silverman gets punched in the face for being a mouthy rag. It's all downhill after that.