During the first years of Tony Blair’s government concept of “cool Britannia” has made Britain something of a promised land and perfect setting not only for romantic comedies, but also for low budget Tarantinoesque crime comedies. One example of the latter can be found in *The 51st State* a.k.a. *Formula 51*, 2001 British film directed by Ronny Yu. The film has a prologue set in 1971 America where Elmo McElroy (play…
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The 51st State
The 51st State is a 2001 action comedy film directed by Ronny Yu, written by Stel Pavlou, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Ricky Tomlinson, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Walters and Meat Loaf. The film follows the story of an American master chemist (Jackson) who heads to Britain to sell his formula for a powerful new drug. All does not go as planned and the chemist soon becomes…
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