Wednesday, April 21, 1999


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Athens, Ohio * An Independent Daily Newspaper * Ohio University
Movie missing get-up and go
by Sara Havens
THE POST

Mix together young actors, give them a script full of drugs, guns and nothing to do, pump in a nice soundtrack and - boom - you have yourself Go, director Doug Liman's (Swingers) version of Pulp Fiction.

Filmed in flashbacks, present and simultaneous shots, Go attempts to explore creatively the crazy lives of a few Los Angeles teens but fails because of excessive exaggeration and too many TV stars.

The story begins at a grocery store, where Claire (Dawson's Creek's Katie Holmes), Ronna (Sarah Polley) and Simon (Desmond Askew) work. Ronna agrees to take over Simon's shift so he can go to Las Vegas and so she can earn some extra money to avoid getting evicted.

While Ronna is on duty, two guys (Scott Wolf and Jay Mohr) inquire about getting hooked up with drugs. Simon usually gives them what they want, but since he isn't working, Ronna steps in - to make some profit, of course.

Everyone is preparing for a big rave that night, so Ronna has to get the drugs from a dealer and get them to the guys before the party. This is where the individual storylines break off from the main plot.

The film goes through Ronna's night, consisting of many ups and downs. We see what happens to her when the plan goes awry and how it affects everyone else. The story then flashes back to the grocery store, earlier in the day, to follow Simon's night.

Simon makes it to Las Vegas with a couple of friends, including Marcus (Taye Diggs). Simon and Marcus somehow manage to start a fire in a hotel, steal a car, shoot a bouncer in a strip joint and get chased by the bouncer and his father. That part of the storyline then ends.

Next we follow the two drug-seeking guys from the grocery store and discover they are uncover actors who are required to help Officer Burke (William Fichtner) nail some drug dealers.

In the end, all the stories seem to come together like the perfect ending in a sitcom. The best storyline was the adventures of Simon and Marcus. Askew and Diggs, ironically, also gave the best performances and made me keep watching. The two stars are for them.


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