The Real McCoy (1993)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Writers (WGA):

Desmond Lowden (novel) (elements)
William Davies (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

10 September 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

20 guards. 30 tons of steel. A security system second to none. They said there wasn't a man on earth who could pull off a bank job like this. They were right.

Plot:

A woman is released from prison, an expert bank robber who wants to settle down and go straight, but her parole officer and her former employer try to get her to pull one more heist. |

Plot Keywords:

Knee In Groin | Ex Convict | Burglary | Beautiful Woman | Car Trouble

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 10

7:15 AM

HBO

Cast

Kim Basinger	...	Karen McCoy
Val Kilmer	...	J.T. Barker
Terence Stamp	...	Jack Schmidt
Gailard Sartain	...	Gary Buckner
Zach English	...	Patrick
Raynor Scheine	...	Baker
Deborah Hobart	...	Cheryl Sweeney
Pamela Stubbart	...	Kelly
Andy Stahl	...	Mr. Kroll
Dean Rader-Duval	...	Lewis
Norman Max Maxwell	...	Hoke (as Norman Maxwell)
Marc Macaulay	...	Karl
Peter Turner	...	Guard
David Dwyer	...	Guard
Frank Roberts	...	Guard

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Bregman/Baer Productions

Goofs:

Plot holes: Karen's ex-husband has absolutely no problem smuggling a gun into the departure gate.

Quotes:

Karen McCoy: [as they are driving away from the back, with J.T. shot in the arm] Are you in pain?
J.T. Barker: Ahhhh! Pain? Pain! You wanna talk about pain? WALKING way from $18 million dollars, now that's pain. What?
[as Karen starts laughing]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Beverly Hills, 90210: The Real McCoy (#5.29)" (1995)

Average heist movie

This is the sort of film that will do if nothing else is on but not much else. Its a heist film with Kim Basinger and Val Kilmer and everything in it has been done before and done better. The bank robbery at the end is a bit of a let down because it just seems too easy. It was directed by the man who brought us the fabulous Highlander, but sadly also the truly awful Highlander 2, this film is somewhere in between. The only plus points are the always great to look at Kim Basinger, and Val Kilmer in a different sort of role to his usual stuff. I think Kim Basinger is a great actress but like most females in Hollywood seems to struggle to get decent films to star in, not counting the awesome LA Confidential of course. All in all a very average film ***5/10***