It seems that Kip has followed in his big brother's footsteps and, with the aid of his "crew" - Mirror Man (TJ CROSS), Tumbler (SCOTT CAAN), Toby (WILLIAM LEE SCOTT) and Freb (JAMES DUVAL) - promised Calitri they could deliver fifty various cars to him for export to places and people unknown in exchange for a $200,000 payment.
As such, Calitri threatens to kill Kip if Memphis can't boost the cars in the next seventy-two hours. Reluctant but realizing he has no other choice, Memphis agrees. Realizing his options are limited, he goes to see his former mentor, Otto Halliwell (ROBERT DUVALL), who's since gone straight and now refurbishes cars. Upon hearing that Kip's life is at stake, however, Otto agrees and they begin reassembling their old crew.
Among them is Sara "Sway" Wayland (ANGELINA JOLIE), Memphis' former girlfriend who's also since gone straight; Kenny (CHI McBRIDE) who's become a driving instructor; and The Sphinx (VINNIE JONES), a large and mostly mute man. With Memphis as their leader, the team begins staking out the various cars they must steal, but realize they can't tip off Detective Roland Castelbeck (DELROY LINDO) or his partner, Detective Drycoff (TIMOTHY OLYPHANT), who realize the former thieves are up to no good.
Waiting until the last night so as to keep as low a profile as possible, Memphis and his team set out to steal the fifty cars and get them to Calitri before the deadline, all while avoiding the detectives and other police who are soon hot on their tails.
Profanity consists of at least 34 "s" words, along with plenty of other expletives and colorful phrases. Some foreplay is seen (mostly from a distance) between a man and woman that includes partial nudity and other sensuality, while another couple briefly makes out in a car, and another scene includes just the pleasured sounds of a woman (over the phone) involved in some unknown sexual activity.
The theft of cars is mostly made out to look easy, exciting and fun, and since all of the car thieves get away scot-free in the end (despite some harrowing moments), kids may be enticed to imitate that and a few other behaviors. As such, the car thieves have bad attitudes, as do other villains/criminals.
A brief running gag involves some scatological humor derived from the need to retrieve some car keys from a dog that's consumed them. Meanwhile, some drinking occurs, one character smokes cigars, another makes a drug reference, and we briefly see some heroin that's discovered in the trunk of a stolen car (but isn't used). Should this summary not alleviate your concerns about the film's appropriateness for anyone in your home who wishes to see it, you may want to take a closer look at our detailed content listings for more specific examples of what occurs in the film.
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(2000) (Nicolas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Moderate
Mild
Extreme
Moderate
Heavy
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Moderate
None
Mild
*None
Heavy
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
Minor
Minor
Moderate
Heavy
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Reviewed June 6, 2000 / Posted June 9, 2000
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