"Nice wheels. Dirty deals. And one mean mother in a kilt."

2001

1h 33m

6.1(627 votes)

Thriller

Action

Comedy

Crime

Overview

An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.

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Cast & Crew

31 members

Acting

Samuel L. Jackson

Elmo McElroy

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Robert Carlyle

Felix DeSouza

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Emily Mortimer

Dakota Parker

Acting

Meat Loaf

The Lizard

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Rhys Ifans

Iki

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Sean Pertwee

Detective Virgil Kane

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Ricky Tomlinson

Leopold Durant

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Michael Starke

Arthur

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Anna Keaveney

Shirley DeSouza

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Paul Barber

Frederick

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Stephen Walters

Blowfish

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Nigel Whitmey

L.A. Highway Patrol

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Mac McDonald

Mr. Davidson

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Michael J. Reynolds

Mr. Escobar

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Junix Inocian

Mr. Ho-Fat

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Jake Abraham

Konokko

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Aaron Swartz

Mr. Yuri

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David Webber

Mr. Jones

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Nick Bartlett

Trevor

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Angus MacInnes

Pudsey Smith

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Robert Fyfe

Hector Dougal McElroy

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Robert Jezek

Priest

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Joan Campion

Hotel Maid

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Terry O'Neill

Deckhand

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Marc Anwar

Pharmacist

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Paul Broughton

Anfield Commissionaire

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Sonny Muslim

Boy in Plane

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Barbara Barnes

Boy's Mother

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Christopher Hunter

Lawrence

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James Roach

Grimtooth

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Ade

Omar

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