Love with the safety off.|Mar. 01, 2001|Mexico|123 Min.|R
Genre: Action;Comedy;Crime;Romance
Description: In Los Angeles, a traffic light turns red, followed by the sound of a car crash offscreen. Five years later, Jerry Welbach is working to repay a debt to Arnold Margolese, a mob boss in prison. After Jerry messes up what was supposed to be his final task, Bernie Nayman, Margolese’s second-in-command, sends him on one last mission: to retrieve an antique pistol from a man named Beck in Mexico. This assignment becomes too much for Jerry’s girlfriend, Sam, who decides to leave him and move to Las Vegas.
Upon arriving in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol with Beck, who shares the gun’s legendary history. Tragically, Beck is killed by a stray bullet from celebratory gunfire. Jerry calls his colleague Ted and discovers that Beck was Margolese’s grandson. Shortly after, Jerry’s car is stolen, with Beck’s body and the pistol inside. Jerry manages to recover both, shooting one of the thieves in the foot and burying Beck’s body.
On the way to Las Vegas, a well-dressed hitman attempts to kidnap Sam but is shot by another hitman named Leroy, who takes her hostage instead. Leroy explains that he was hired to hold Sam captive to ensure Jerry delivers the pistol. Sam reveals that Jerry’s debt to Margolese began five years ago when he ran a red light and crashed into Margolese’s car. The accident led to the discovery of a tied-up person in Margolese’s trunk, resulting in Margolese’s imprisonment for five years. During that time, Jerry was forced to work for him.
Cast director: Gore Verbinski
Cast actor: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, J.K. Simmons, David Krumholtz, Bob Balaban, Gene Hackman, Michael Cerveris, Richard Coca, Castulo Guerra
Original name: The Mexican