Beyond the City Limits

2001
3.9| 1h31m| en
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Three women outsmart unsavory men who try to cheat them out of their take in an almost-botched casino heist.

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Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.
Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Robert Clarke Sergei and Yuri are two small time Russian crooks who are attempting to hit the big time by ripping off a casino with the aid of a security guard and a couple of bent cops.Misha (Nastassja Kinski) and Lexi (Alison Hannigan) are their Girlfriends, two of society's misfits with no real goals in life.After an argument between Yuri and Lexi, the girls are kicked out of their house and by chance meet Helena (Jennifer Esposito) , an old friend of Mishas who has just got divorced from (yet still lives with) her loser cop husband Jack (Todd Field).The girls decide to try and get in on the Casino job, and get revenge on the men in their lives who have betrayed them – yet things go far from smooth, and anything but as planned."Rip it off" is only mildly entertaining at best and it isn't really a surprise that this confused and all in all uninteresting film sunk without trace here in the UK. The characters are either annoying or nasty and it's very hard to sympathise with anyone involved. Its watchable but really does fall quite wide of the mark.
karchad Let me say that I like B-movies, straight-to-video-movies, etc. I search for them, and most of them I enjoy very much, better than the commercial stuff put out that you pay $10 to see in a theater with cell phones ringing... This movie is a different animal. Simply stated, I turned it off after an hour of torture. It is one of the worst, most boring, most worthless videos I've ever seen. It is a bad-plot-porno movie without the porno! I am surprised to see the lovely Jennifer Esposito absolutely wasted in this abomination.
ttsymes This is beyond the limits -- not the city ones, but rather those of a viewer's patience. Yeah, I know, this was low budget and we all want to see it because of Miss Hannigan (why Miss H. though?)... but... I watched the tape for about ten minutes and then went for lunch. Later, I was persuaded by company to watch the rest of the movie. I returned it to the rental place with a note asking them to put a warning label on the jacket (won't quote here what I said the label should read...)
carbon_dragon The compelling acting of Alyson Hannigan, as well as her costars Jennifer Esposito and Nastassja Kinski make this otherwise merely average movie worth watching. Certainly this part is quite a change from Alyson's previous parts as Willow on Buffy The Vampire Slayer and as Michelle in the American Pie movies. Good work Alyson, I'm sure you have a bright future.Too bad it's SO hard to find in the United States. I had to buy it on VCD internationally.

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