| | U-Turn DVD (10 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Action DVDs, Dramas Movies, Action/Adventure Videos, Thriller, Recommended, Love Triangles, Racy, Betrayal, Film Noir, Assassination, Desert | | Starring | Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Jon Voight, Billy Bob Thornton, Bo Hopkins, Claire Danes, Powers Boothe, Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Lopez, Liv Tyler, Laurie Metcalf, Julie Hagerty, Abraham Benrubi, Valeri Nikolayev | | Director | Oliver Stone | | Associate Producer | Bill Brown | | Composer | Ennio Morricone | | Costume Designer | Beatrix Aruna Pasztor | | Director of Photography | Robert Richardson | | Editor | Thomas J. Nordberg, Hank Corwin | | Producer | Dan Halsted, John Ridley | | Production Designer | Victor Kempster
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DVD. Feature film. Stars Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer L opez, Powers Boothe, Claire Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy B ob Thornton, & Jon Voight. Dir. by Oliver Stone. 125 min. R ated R. A noirish departure for issue-oriented director Oliver Stone, U-TURN stars Sean Penn as Bobby, a gambler on the run who has the misfortune to have his radiator hose blow in a godforsaken Arizona hole-in-the-wall. He quickly meets the stunning Grace McKenna (Jennifer Lopez), and they go to her place to become better acquainted. When her husband, real estate king Jake (Nick Nolte), catches the two together in the bedroom, they fight, but at a later meeting, he proposes that Bobby kill his wife for a reasonable sum. At first the gambler turns him down, but when all his money is torn to shreds in a freak accident, he realizes that he won't be able to get his car fixed unless he goes along. Grace's considerable charm, combined with her account of the mistreatment she's suffered at her husband's hands, dissuades Bobby from the job. But she now offers him the same deal to kill Jake. To add to his problems, Bobby is being hawked by the suspicious sheriff (Powers Boothe) and has been targeted by local badass Toby (Joaquin Phoenix), who thinks Bobby is after his girlfriend, Jenny (Clare Danes). Penn turns in a fine performance in this overripe noir, and the photograpy is excellent. The film is based on the excellent short novel STRAY DOGS by John Ridley, who also served as one of the film's producers. Oliver Stone shelved his social conscience while making this vicious nest-of-vipers noir. Sean Penn stars as Bobby Cooper, a gambler on the run who is forced to lay up in a desolate Arizona whistlestop with car trouble. Desperate and broke, he receives an offer from the middle-aged Jake McKenna (Nick Nolte) to kill his beautiful young wife, Grace (Jennifer Lopez). Initially reluctant, he's finally forced to contemplate the deal. But the fun doesn't really begin until Grace hires Bobby to kill Jake. The film is based on the modern noir novel STRAY DOGS by John Ridley. Screenwriter John Ridley, on whose novel (STRAY DOGS) U-TURN is based, created an animated online series for urbanentertainment.com called UNDERCOVER BROTHER. U-Turn Reviews: "...U-Turn becomes a showcase for the filmmaker's terrific arsenal of visual mannerisms and free-association imagery..."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times "...[Stone] infuses the genre with his dazzling gift for ambiguous poetic menace....[He] makes every shot a jolt, a sliver of ominous perception..."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "...A raucously joke-filled black comedy....Stone's new wild style converts U TURN into a roaring broadside of colliding images..."
-- Philip Strick, Sight and Sound "...Richly funny....Oliver Stone finally proves he has a sense of humor in U-Turn..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today U-Turn | List Price | $14.94 (You save $5.15) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1997 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1578  | | CD Universe Part number | 1181463 | | Catalog number | 32529 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 31, 1998 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for strong violence, sexuality, and language | | Also Known As | U Turn | | Running Time | 125 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround AC-3 Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen; French and Spanish Subtitles |
U-Turn Movie Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Green Light!
A very good flick. Strange, different, suspensful. One of the greatest lines in movie history when that crazy cowboy was messing with Sean Penn acting like an A-hole and Sean Penn said what kinda drugs you on and the guy said real self rightiously i don't do drugs and Penn said.....well maybe you should!
Submitted by Larry Trimmel (Leicester, North Carolna) 
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 this is a very good movie.
i think this is one of oliver stone's best movies. it had a all star cast of characters. a very sexy jennifer lopez really kept me interested in this movie. i don't want to give away the whole story, but i believe it is a must see movie. so buy it.
Submitted by rosa4me69 (nahunta, ga, usa)
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good movie
poor sean penn never gets a break in this movie. lots of great caracters. billy bob thorton does a great job. and jenifer lopez,,,hot!!
Submitted by robot22 (Bothell, Washington)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A Great Movie.
This is a great movie ,quite shocking at times , but some great black comedy & supurb close up camera shots.
I loved it .
Submitted by DBulwark2 (Hemel Hempstead , England)
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This movie was great but Jennifer Lopez can't act in a bushel basket and anyone who said she can act or sing for that matter is brain dead. They could of found a million other actresses to of played her part. The chemistry of Sean Penn and Nick Nolte is what gets this movie off the ground. Check it out and hopefully if you have half a brain you will agree Lopez was miscasted for this movie. I rest my case.
Submitted by Johnny (I live in a van down by the river)
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