Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations

Rip It Off

:

Overview

Rip It Off
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
7 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
R,1hr 31min
Genre:
Release:
2002
Director:
Distributor:
Lions Gate
Synopsis: Misha (Nastassja Kinski) and Lexi (Alyson Hannigan) have a falling out with their scummy Russian boyfriends on the eve of a big heist. With the help of Helena (Jennifer Esposito), who despises her nerdy detective husband (Todd Field), the women arrange to rob the casino themselves. Which, of course, cheeses off the blood thirsty Russian ex-boyfriends. To complicate matters, Helena's husband gets in on the heist without her knowing it. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
Critics' Reviews
Originally titled Beyond the City Limits, this is another of a long line of Pulp Fiction knockoffs that examine the increasingly uninteresting underbelly of small-time criminals. There are moments of tension and suspense, but the story crisscrosses too much to gain momentum. Worse, everyone is an uneducated, dim bulb villain, and violent ones at that, so you have to root for a blatantly stupid bad ... Full Review
advertisement