Rat Race 2001 by AverageMansReviews

Rat Race 2001 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there will be flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/rainbow community element/white supremacy and swastika element/electrocution/body part/animal cruelty/bodily functions/vehicle crash/vehicle hit/burning/drugs/mental disability element/medical/reference to pregnancy

From this casino to Silver City New Mexico: briefly; this casino owner Donald P. Sinclair [John Cleese:] this eccentric billionaire and mastermind of this concept/race for $2 million the winner; so this billionaire and his friends can make bets on the outcome; here are just some of the lucky competitors; Owen Templeton [Cuba Gooding Jr.:] he is a disgrace NFL referee and then we have Vera Baker [Whoopi Goldberg:] she has very recently met up with her daughter that many years ago she gave up for adoption and her daughter; Merrill Jennings [Lanai Chapman:] she is a highly strung businesswoman anger issues, and then we have the Cody Brothers; Duane and Blaine [Seth Green and Vince Vieluf:] they try to be a couple of con artists; one predominantly tries to be the brains of the operation whilst the other has a newly pierced tongue which affects the speech.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is something safe and reliable for these types of comedy/adventure/sports film titles that sticks to the outlay of going from one place to another; it is all about predominantly how we get from one place to another; but having said all this positivity; the film itself does take a long time to actually take the handbrake off; I mean this film begins okay and then for some reason it just goes on to the loll for a while and then springs into life, so I would suggest either somewhere around the halfway stage of this movie everything comes to life; this movie goes on for 112 minutes.

Comedy, action and art; straight off the bat there is at some point dark comedy references; involving white supremacy and let's just say anything associated with that; we have Templeton being dropped off in the desert because of his previous job, the Cody Brother chasing down their property involving an individual in a vehicle, also involving a hot air balloon; this hot air balloon in the excellent bit of art and also involving this cow; later on we have this biological mother and daughter deciding to hijack this vehicle designed to break the speed record, so we have this classic piece of comedy were obviously moving at a high speed; their faces up on to be squashed up against the front of this shuttle design.

Character developments and performances; on both counts they are reliable versions of what they are meant to be; of people with very different backgrounds such as for an example a character suffering from narcolepsy and the performances are good reflection of this character types with excellent chemistry throughout the cast.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; after everything is said and done this is a fair reflection, if the beginning wasn't so slow by comparison to when it is really lively, I really would have given this film an extra mark, but as things are; this mark is as I have already said a fair reflection and there is an ongoing sequence underneath some closing credits; this film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 3 Nominees; Positive: Taurus World Stunt Awards 2002 Taurus Award Best Aerial Work Glenn J. Smith Helicopter chases Ford Truck at nearly ground level weaving through cars and heavy traffic. Negatives: The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2001 Stinker Award Worst Supporting Actress Whoopi Goldberg Shared with: Monkeybone and Worst Supporting Actor Cuba Gooding Jr.