A man and a woman are on the run from gangsters whom he has stolen $12.5 million. When the gangsters show up, he takes them supposedly to where the money is hidden but instead leads them into a trap at a backwoods crystal-meth factory. The gangsters and the drug dealers start a shoot-out for unknown reasons and both go gunning for Belushi. Meanwhile an unscrupulous cop is secretly having an affair with the girl friend and planning to make off with the money.
Acting
Timothy Dalton clearly lost a bet, gives 110% anyway
Direction
Louis Morneau knows exactly what movie he's making
Practical Effects
Meth lab shootout shot on what looks like someone's actual cousin's property
Director
Louis Morneau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Louis Morneau's follow-up to Bats (1999), making 1999 his personal year of chaotic B-movie excellence. The man had a vision.
Made Men arrived at the tail end of the '90s Tarantino-wannabe crime wave, when every studio needed a wisecracking criminal and a nonlinear timeline. Belushi's casting feels like a deliberate middle finger to prestige.
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