The Real McCoy (film)
| The Real McCoy | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Russell Mulcahy |
| Written by | William Davies William Osborne |
| Produced by | Willi Bär Martin Bregman Michael Bregman |
| Starring | Kim Basinger Val Kilmer Terence Stamp |
| Cinematography | Denis Crossan |
| Edited by | Peter Honess |
| Music by | Brad Fiedel |
Production companies | Bregman/Baer Productions, Inc. |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | September 10, 1993 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
| Budget | $24 million |
| Box office | $6,484,246 |
The Real McCoy is a 1993 crime film, directed by Russell Mulcahy. It stars Kim Basinger and Val Kilmer.[1]
Plot
Karen McCoy (Kim Basinger) is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life.
Unfortunately, between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex-husband, McCoy will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son (Zack English) and new heartthrob J.T. (Val Kilmer): another bank job.
Cast
- Kim Basinger — Karen McCoy
- Val Kilmer — J.T. Barker
- Terence Stamp — Jack Schmidt
- Gailard Sartain — Gary Buckner
- Zach English — Patrick
- Deborah Hobart — Cheryl Sweeney
- Pamela Stubbart — Kelly
- Andy Stahl — Mr. Kroll
- Dean Rader-Duval — Lewis
- Norman Maxwell — Hoke
- Marc Macaulay — Karl
- Nick Searcy — Roy Sweeney
Reception
The film earned negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure. The Real McCoy currently holds a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 reviews. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave it 2 stars, saying, "... "The Real McCoy" took me back to... heist movies where a bank vault was subjected to high-tech manipulations by athletic super-crooks... those same scenes apparently took the film's authors back to the very same sources, since "The Real McCoy" recycles the same devices, not quite as well as the originals."[2]
References
- ^ Vincent Canby (1993-09-10). "A Burglar, Once, but Also a Mom". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
- ^ Roger Ebert (1993-09-10). "The Real McCoy". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
External links
- The Real McCoy at IMDb
- The Real McCoy at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Real McCoy at Box Office Mojo
- Google Movie Page
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