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61% Critic Match
The 51st State
“Nice wheels. Dirty deals. And one mean mother in a kilt.”
6.1 / 10• 2001• 1h 33m•R• English
ThrillerActionComedyCrime
Storyline
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
Cast & Crew
Samuel L. Jackson
Elmo McElroy
Lead
Robert Carlyle
Felix DeSouza
Emily Mortimer
Dakota Parker
Meat Loaf
The Lizard
Rhys Ifans
Iki
Sean Pertwee
Detective Virgil Kane
Ricky Tomlinson
Leopold Durant
Michael Starke
Arthur
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ronny Yu's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The 51st State is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
