The Way of the Gun

In this suspense thriller, two small-time crooks make a bid for the big time with disastrous results. Robin (Juliette Lewis) is carrying a child as a surrogate mother for a wealthy couple, Hale and Francesca Chidduck (Scott Wilson and Kristin Lehman) when she’s kidnapped by Parker (Ryan Phillippe) and Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro), who believe that the adoptive parents will pay a large ransom to ensure the safety of both mother and baby. The kidnappers soon discover that they’re out of their league when they’re confronted by Mafia-connected lawyer Joe Sarno (James Caan) and a pair of hired killers, Jeffers (Taye Diggs) and Obecks (Nicky Katt); at the same time, Parker finds himself increasingly attached to Robin. The Way of the Gun marked the directorial debut of screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, whose script credits include The Usual Suspects and Public Access., Christopher McQuarrie’s (writer of The Usual Suspects) directorial debut stars Benicio Del Toro and Ryan Phillippe as a couple of small time crooks who decide to kidnap and ransom Juliette Lewis, surrogate mother of wealthy Scott Wilson. They figure he’ll pay big but what they don’t know are his connections which includes veteran ‘cleaner’ (James Caan), who knows all about finding and dealing with ‘problems’., Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro star as a pair of criminals who kidnap a woman pregnant with the surrogate child of a millionaire, who just happens to have a small army of armed guards and a salty hit man at his disposal. James Caan, Taye Diggs, Juliette Lewis, Scott Wilson., A violent crime thriller from the writer of The Usual Suspects. A pair of criminals (Benicio Del Toro and Ryan Phillippe) kidnap a pregnant woman (Juliette Lewis) who is acting as surrogate mother for a rich and powerful gangster. When their demands for a ransom aren’t met, the pair are ruthlessly pursued across Mexico by the gangster’s henchmen in a cat-and-mouse chase that leads to a gruesome bloodbath. Who will survive when the bullets start flying? Also stars James Caan and Taye Diggs., Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.