Product Details

• Actors: Craig Sheffer, Robert Loggia, Sadie Frost, John C. McGinley, Illeana Douglas
• Directors: Klaus Hoch
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: June 27, 2000
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004STVN
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,035 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Flypaper" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Flypaper is a curious name for this shaggy-dog film about characters who continually cross paths as their lives careen out of control. Craig Sheffer is the ostensible lead, though his hotheaded, gun-toting criminal is hardly the picture's hero. He kick-starts the story by kidnapping meth lab chemist Lucy Liu, and then hunts down his junkie girlfriend, Sadie Frost, who is now under the care of her crotchety real estate mogul guardian (Robert Loggia). In the very next room is John C. McGinley, cheating on his jealous future bride, Illeana Douglas, with Talisa Soto, a dominatrix in tight leather. The film plays out these threads as if they are destined to intertwine in some improbable climax, but instead they merely crisscross in passing, finally fraying in a soft, anticlimactic conclusion. The performers try to have some fun with their familiar parts, and writer-director Klaus Hoch tosses in a few curve balls (my favorite is the knife sticking out of Sheffer's skull like a topknot, turning the homicidal heist man into a punch-drunk pussycat), but for all his offbeat humor and funky twists, nothing in Flypaper ever sticks. --Sean Axmaker

Product Description

Some people would die for a million dollars. Others would kill for it. In a frenzy of backstabbing and double dealing low-lifes in three unrelated storylines manage to entangle themselves in each others affairs. The fates of the characters mesh and they get what they deserve. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/13/2002 Starring: Craig Sheffer Sadie Frost Run time: 111 minutes Rating: R Director: Klaus Hoch

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars INTERESTING !!!!, April 29, 2006

By	JUAN MARTIN GABASTOU (Weston Hills, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Yes,it borrows the crossed stories structure from Pulp Fiction,so what ? The technique made history and many films have used it without harm whatsoever to their plots/stories.Plus,you get to see Lucy Liu at her sweetest and youngest,with some nudity and sexual scenes.If you?re a fan of this hot asian chick,you?ll go nuts about this movie (I did).

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pulp Fiction-esque . . . Without the Pulp, August 19, 2003

By	Stephen Kaczmarek "Educator, Writer, Consultant" (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Well, "Flypaper" is another "Pulp Fiction" wannabe--a little more funny, a little less bloody, which is probably the best thing about the movie. That and John McGinley's cartoonish reduction from human being to Wile E. Coyote (the funniest bit is when he plummets into the street from a moving ambulance . . . watch carefully to see a shoe pop off.) With a series of overlapping storylines--none of which is particularly compelling--the movie is less a narrative and more a teenager's intoxicated Saturday night romp from one adventure to another. The cast is quite capable, and even cable TV junk-movie favorite Craig Sheffer manages to turn in a decent performance, though Lucy Liu and "Ferris Bueller"'s Jeffrey Lewis are particularly engaging in smaller bits. Of course, the movie also benefits from a lack of Quentin Tarantino, as well as the wonderfully dependable Robert Loggia. There is no ultra-hip soundtrack (a truly cheesy techno track is about all we get), and other than getting to see Ms. Liu nude, there's no real point to the sex scenes, meaning that the "adultness" of the movie seems gratuitous. Still, I've seen worse ("Body of Evidence"), meaning that the movie is worth a look rented from the library or seen on cable.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Comedy; way above mainstream comedies, May 11, 2008

By	Rimmozia (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

Contrary to what folks have been saying about this movie (i.e. it imitates "Pulp Fiction"), it is very funny, very original in spots, and talented (as opposed to "Pulp Fiction"). It is also a spoof on many movies. The actors are very obviously enjoying themselves, and some of the performances are actually masterful, most notably Graig Sheffer's. The script is very witty, and the story is riveting if only you watch this movie the way movies are supposed to be watched, i.e. attentively and from the beginning. Sheffer's "Where's your boyfriend? Hey, boyfriend!" will have you in stitches - if you've been REALLY watching the film up to that point. And John C. McGinley's monologue on why his relationship with his bride is anything but normal is bittersweet in addition to being hilarious.

I must say, though, that this movie is not for everyone. Those who can appreciate today's standup comedy will not find it comical.