The 51st State (2001)

Directed by

Ronny Yu

Genre

comedy film, action film, heist film, buddy film

Country

United Kingdom, Canada

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 681 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American chemist creates a super-strong drug and travels to Britain to sell it. He gets caught up with local gangsters and things quickly spiral out of control.

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What happens

The 51st State (also known as Formula 51 outside the UK) is a 2001 action comedy film directed by Ronny Yu, written by Stel Pavlou, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Ricky Tomlinson, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Walters and Meat Loaf. The film follows the story of an American master chemist (Jackson) who heads to Britain to sell his formula for a powerful new drug. All does not go as planned and the chemist soon becomes entangled in a web of deceit. The film premiered in the United Kingdom on 7 December 2001. It was released internationally under the title Formula 51 in October 2002, where it grossed $14.4 million, against a budget of $27 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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