Pups
What happens when a kid finds a gun or a gun finds a kid?
What happens when a kid finds a gun or a gun finds a kid?
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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1999
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When troubled teen boy Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) and his girlfriend, Rocky (Mischa Barton), attempt to rob a bank without any forethought, the situation rapidly deteriorates. Soon the young couple is holding bank customers and employees hostage, while law enforcement gathers outside. Daniel Bender (Burt Reynolds), a veteran negotiator for the FBI, is charged with assessing the crime scene and ending the standoff as quickly as possible, but Stevie's short fuse considerably complicates matters.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
R
Runtime:
99 min
Release date:
18 Apr 1999
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Hyperkinetic, perceptive though derivative.
– Lawrence Van Gelder,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Pups looks ragged and slammed-together, but that's part of its appeal; the film has a wildness that more care would have killed.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Raw but effective reworking of Dog Day Afternoon.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Ash ... is a genuine provocateur-filmmaker.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The crisp images and Bill Foster's unnerving ambient sound of hovering copters enormously aid this low-budget powder keg.
– Robert Koehler,
Variety,
14 Feb 2001