Pawn Shop Chronicles
Plot
A missing wedding ring leads to a wild-goose chase involving meth addicts, skinheads and an Elvis impersonator.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 5.2/10 (218 voted)
Director: Wayne Kramer
Storyline
A missing wedding ring leads to a wild-goose chase involving meth addicts, skinheads and an Elvis impersonator.
Taglines:
One small town pawn shop. One big time wild ride.
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Filming Locations: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $5,000,000
(estimated)
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User ReviewAuthor:
Rating: 6/10
Despite the considerable amount of great actors involved, this film
managed to remain off my radar until literally minutes before viewing
it. So any expectations I had were formed in the few minutes I spent
overlooking the film, that said, "Pawn Shop Chronicles", in the end
wasn't quite as good as it could have been, but it certainly had it's
moments and managed to stay entertaining. Director Wayne Kramer has
more than proved his mettle in the past, writing and directing two
film's which I have fond memories of "The Cooler" (2003) a film in
which William H. Macy was brilliant in and "Running Scared" (2006), a
film starring Paul Walker who rejoins Kramer in this film's first
segment. With a solid director and such a long list of talented actors
I felt this was going to be a sure thing. Then came the dialog from
writer Adam Minarovich, weighing the film down like an anchor.
The film concentrates on a southern pawn shop run by Alton (Vincent
D'Onofrio) in an unusual town full of unusual folks. It presents three
stories, all of which are uniquely tied to the shop and framed out
while Alton and his buddy Johnson (Chi McBride) hang out, business as
usual. These stories range from speed-freaks, to kidnapping and murder.
Each tale revolves around one item bought or sold at the shop and how
they end up relating to one another in the span of one day. The first
installment stars Kevin Rankin, Lukas Haas, Norman Reedus and Paul
Walker. It's another day in the life of a few meth heads and there is
no shortage of dark humor & hi-jinx, Walker as "Raw Dog" is a sight
worth seeing as he's in full on "tweaker" mode, quite a reversal from
the norm. The second installment shifts gears from the quirky to the
horrific, starring Matt Dillon and Elijah Wood. Dillon plays "Richard"
a man who finds a ring in a pawn shop belonging to his missing wife
who's been gone for six years. He literally drops everything and goes
on the hunt for her, ready to dish out some sickly sweet revenge to
anyone connected to the ring. If you're a horror fan you'll appreciate
this segment the most, I know I did. The third sequence, taking into
account the insane direction that the previous story took, it was a bit
bland with a most bizarre ending. It was all about Brendan Fraser, a
burned out Elvis impersonator who faces an important decision while
performing at the county fair right around the same time that a parade
of nude women, all with zombie like expressions begin filing onto the
scene.
It's all a bizarre & disjointed film which was trying to be something
like a hillbilly version of Pulp Fiction, but failing to be anything
but a mish-mash of the most strange and peculiar elements. Things do
all relate to one another eventually and it's an entertaining film with
some redeemable qualities, but the script is far from brilliant. I
can't think of any memorable lines given or anything that made me laugh
out loud. While succeeding to be amusing it didn't go much further than
that. I believe Wayne Kramer made the most out of what he had to work
with, but with a script lacking in any serious wit or style there is
only so much that one could do. This film will likely be forgotten
before it's even discovered.
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