Synopsis
An unhinged office worker who planned to go on a shooting spree at his workplace struggles with his newfound status as a hero after he ends up stopping a shooting spree instead.
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Cast
- Christian SlaterBob Maconel
- Elisha CuthbertVenessa Parks
- William H. MacyGene Shelby
- Sascha KnopfPaula Metzler
- John GulagerGoldie / Maurice Gregory
- Jamison JonesScott Harper
- Michael DeLuiseDetective Soreson
- K.C. RamseyJackson
- Anzu LawsonNancy Felt
- David WellsRalf Coleman
Recommendations
- 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
With his Jack Nicholson mannerisms extinguished and his boyish features made up to look worn and aged, Slater also makes us believe and care about this guy. A movie this marginal isn't likely to get much notice, but it's one of the very best things he has done. - 70
L.A. Weekly
He Was a Quiet Man casts its own perversely funny spell thanks in large part to Slater, whose wonderfully shifty, beaten-down performance is easily his best in the 17 years. - 60
Empire
An enjoyable satire is let down by a third act that juggles too many ideas for its own good. - 50
New York Post
Initially shows promise, but filmmaker Frank Cappello (the early Russell Crowe vehicle "No Way Back") gets bogged down when Slater becomes involved with Elisa Cuthbert, a paraplegic survivor of the shooting who wants him to kill her. - 40
The New York Times
By the time it reaches a weak, ambiguous conclusion, the movie has gone everywhere and nowhere, much like its psychotic main character, Bob Maconel (Christian Slater).
