The Gunrunner

1989 "He lives by one rule... shoot to kill."

The Gunrunner

3.9 | 1h32m | R | en | Drama

1926. The Chinese Civil War. Drifter Ted Beaubien is captured and forced to witness his girlfriend's execution. He finally escapes and vows to avenge her death by taking on a deadly mission to buy guns abroad and smuggle them back. Arriving in his hometown, Ted is shocked to find his elderly mother and younger brother George are penniless. But time is running out, and before he can help them, he's got to get the guns. In setting up the deal, Ted meets and falls for the seductive nightclub owner Maud Ryan who introduces him to the treacherous gangsters who will sell him the artillery. For a gun-runner, falling in love is like pointing a pistol at your heart - and pulling the trigger!

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3.9 | 1h32m | R | en | Drama , Crime | More Info

Released: June. 01,1989 | Released Producted By: New World Pictures , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Kevin Costner , Sara Botsford , Paul Soles

Director

Nardo Castillo

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Cast

Kevin Costner

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Paul Soles

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Reviews

Wizard-8 This Canadian production was completed in 1984, but held back from release. During the next few years, its star, Kevin Costner, became a superstar, but the movie still wasn't released. It took a few more years before the movie was finally released, being dumped straight to video. Watching the movie, it becomes clear pretty soon why no one was gung ho about releasing the movie. For a cheapie, the production values replicating 1920s Montreal are generally adequate, though a few scenes looks slightly skimpy. And the movie has the novelty of being about a communist hero. Though considering how brutal communist governments have been through history, it's kind of hard to root for this hero, especially since it's hard to get an idea of his various thoughts and feelings about many things. This may explain why Kevin Costner gives a very bland and colorless performance, having nothing to work with. The biggest problems about the movie, however, are that it's both incredibly slow and extremely boring. Most viewers will probably fall asleep before it reaches the end. Even fans of Costner (if there are any left at this point) would best leave this movie unwatched.

kregenow Quite an interesting film indeed, very smoothly directed and easily played without ruining it by too much talking. The only thing I couldn't help thinking all the time was, that this looked as if it was a film by Alan Rudolph and even Costner and his way of acting looked a lot as if the director had intended to cast Keith Carradine instead. Even the soundtrack seems to imitate Mark Isham and if you close your eyes, it's sometimes hard not to be perplexed by the closeness to "Choose Me" or perhaps "The Moderns" - by the mood, not the story! The most surprising thing is, that the movie works, though. In fact, this is one of the best screen appearances of Costner I've seen, at least because he avoids the usual grinning and concentrates on the driven and melancholy character.

hillari I like Kevin Costner, I really do. However, if I were him, I'd bury this unintelligible mess of a movie so far down on my resume it would take coal miners to find it. It has something to do with a drifter returning home to find the family fortune gone, and his brother in trouble with local gangsters. The drifter wants the money to finance a revolution in China for reasons that aren't made clear. Dreadfully slow and extremely bad.

Doc_Who This movie is a melodrama about a young gunrunner in the 1920's. It is OK for Kevin Costner fans only!!the movie was delayed until Kevin Costner became a household name!!If you want a great movie with him watch"No Way Out","Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves" or one of his baseball games especially "Bull Durham"!!This movie will not be the remember Costner when he stops acting !!I will remember him from those titles above!!The only people who will take an interest in this movie will be his faithful fans!!!other than skip this slow action drama!!