from Sony Pictures
Directed by
Ronny Yu
Starring
Samuel
L. Jackson (Elmo McElroy)
Robert
Carlyle (Felix)
Meat
Loaf (The Lizard)
Emily
Mortimer (Dakota Phillips)
Rhys
Ifans (Iki)
Sean Pertwee (Det. Virgil Kane)
Ricky Tomlinson
Written by
Stel Pavlou
Rated:
(for strong violence, language, drug content and some sexuality) |
formula 51 is the story of Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson),
a streetwise American master chemist who heads to Emgland ---
to sell his special new formula --- a powerful blue concoction
--- guaranteed to take you to the 51st State. McElroy's new product
delivers a feeling 51 times more powerful than any thrill, any
pleasure, any high in history.
But his plans for a quick, profitable score go comically awry
when he gets stuck in Liverpool with an unlikely escort (Robert
Carlyle), and becomes entangled in a bizarre web of double-dealing
and double-crosses. Elmo McElroy made one little mistake in 1971
--- he was caught smoking pot --- while driving home from his
graduation. In the blink of an eye --- his dream of being a fully
licensed pharmacist went up in smoke like the joint in his hand.
Fast forward to 2001 and McElroy is on the wrong side of the
tracks. Left with no choice, he's been forced to use his professional
talents illegally in order to make a living. He wants out of
the business badly --- and he has an ace up his sleeve.
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