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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 08/24/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Edition: Dual Layered,Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 33 Genres: Comedy, Chase Movie, Crime Comedy, Ensemble Film See Also: Go [UMD for PSP], Go [Blu-ray]

Director/cinematographer Doug Liman's third feature links together three edgy stories, all beginning in the same Los Angeles supermarket with an interconnected group of characters. Ronna (Sarah Polley) is a down-on-her-luck checkout girl who is sweet talked into taking an extra shift from her friend Simon (Desmond Askew) so he can go to Las Vegas. Ronna is then approached by two good-looking actors, Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr), who want to buy drugs. Ronna, who needs money, plans to act as a go-between between the actors and a dealer friend of Simon's, Todd (Timothy Olyphant), until a cop named Burke (William Fichtner) enters the picture. Meanwhile, Simon is living it up in Vegas; in the course of a very wild night on the town, he manages to bed two women, accidentally steal a car with his good friend Marcus (Taye Diggs), and get thrown out of the best strip club in town, with more than a few people after him, especially when he leaves behind a credit card he borrowed from Todd. Once again back at the supermarket, Adam and Zack turn out to not be quite what they seemed, and their relationship with Burke and his wife Irene (Jane Krakowski) takes an unexpected turn as their evening becomes very, very complicated. Go, Liman's long-awaited follow-up to his indie hit Swingers, received its World Premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Sarah Polley - Ronna Martin
Desmond Askew - Simon Baines
Katie Holmes - Claire Montgomery
Jay Mohr - Zack
William Fichtner - Burke
Scott Wolf - Adam
Breckin Meyer - Tiny
Taye Diggs - Marcus
Timothy Olyphant - Todd Gaines

Columbia TriStar has given Go, Doug Liman's electrifying second feature, the full treatment on this excellent special edition DVD. It features an interesting feature-length commentary from director Liman and editor Stephen Mirrione, who discuss many of the technical aspects of filming and tell entertaining stories from the production. Several conversations focus on the chaotic style of filmmaking used, which hearkens back to Liman's days working on independent films. This disc also includes 14 deleted scenes that vary from different versions of existing moments to completely new scenes. They are presented in a poor widescreen format that is incomplete and misses some sound effects and dialogue. Contemporary music fans will enjoy the three music videos by No Doubt, Len, and Phillip Stair with Steppenwolf. A less worthwhile addition is a six-minute featurette encapsulating the basic plot of the story in a dull promotional format.
=Go offers viewers a choice between full-screen and widescreen formats. The 2.35:1 widescreen anamorphic transfer on this disc has vibrant colors throughout, especially in the Las Vegas scenes. But it contains a surprising level of grain that lessens the clarity level of the movie. The full-frame transfer contains a clear picture, but it suffers from the spatial limitations of pan-and-scan versions. The 5.1-channel Dolby Digital soundtrack blares across the sound field with techno beats and the upbeat rock songs from the soundtrack, adding to the energy of the film. The disc also contains 28 chapter cues and the option of English subtitles. ~ Dan Heaton, All Movie Guide