''Guns, Girls and Gambling'' is a 2012 American action crime thriller film written and directed by Michael Winnick. The film stars an ensemble cast, which includes
Gary Oldman
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,
Christian Slater
Christian Michael Leonard Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. He made his film debut with a leading role in '' The Legend of Billie Jean'' (1985) and gained wider recognition for his breakout role as Jason "J.D." Dean, a sociopath ...
,
Megan Park
Megan Park (born July 24, 1986) is a Canadian actress and director. She is known for her portrayal of Grace Bowman in the television series ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager''. In 2021, Park made her feature directorial debut with '' ...
,
Helena Mattsson,
Tony Cox,
Chris Kattan,
Powers Boothe
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He won ...
,
Michael
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and
Eddie Spears, and
Jeff Fahey.
Plot
John Smith is down on his luck. His girlfriend left him for a doctor. A hooker steals his wallet at an
Apache
The Apache ( ) are several Southern Athabaskan language-speaking peoples of the Southwestern United States, Southwest, the Southern Plains and Northern Mexico. They are linguistically related to the Navajo. They migrated from the Athabascan ho ...
Reservation casino. He loses an Elvis Impersonation contest and later loses at poker with the four other impersonators: Gay Elvis, Little Person Elvis, Asian Elvis, and contest winner Elvis Elvis.
John is later apprehended by casino security, who think he stole a priceless ancient Apache mask from "The Chief", owner of the casino, with witnesses having seen an Elvis impersonator. The guards deduce that John didn't take it, so The Chief offers him $1,000,000 to find it.
A hitwoman, "The Blonde", who quotes
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely re ...
before killing her victims, confronts Gay Elvis. She kills him, but does not find the mask.
John learns Elvis Elvis's address, and when he gets there, he meets Elvis's neighbor, Cindy. The mask isn't there, but they are attacked by another hitman, "The Cowboy", and his sidekick Mo. As they escape, John suggests calling the sheriff, but Cindy explains that the two sheriffs are corrupt, one working for The Chief and the other for "The Rancher". They encounter The Rancher, who explains that he hired the Elvises to steal the mask, which he used to own. A flashback reveals that, 30 years earlier, a man who worked for The Rancher had the mask, but he and his family were killed by Apaches. The Rancher offers John a $1,000,000 reward.
John and Cindy visit Asian Elvis, who demands they give him the mask. Another hitman, "The Indian",
tomahawk
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s Asian Elvis dead. They escape and head back to Elvis Elvis's, only to be confronted by Little Person Elvis, who demands the mask. Before he can shoot them, The Blonde appears and kills Little Person Elvis. John and Cindy escape, but The Sheriffs apprehend him for the three Elvis murders. They take John and Cindy with them to the desert, John having deduced that Elvis Elvis may be waiting there for a bus.
Elvis Elvis is the only passenger on the bus, the driver having stepped off, when The Blonde boards and shoots him. As he is dying he whispers something to her and she smiles broadly, taking his satchel with the mask. The Blonde finds the bus driver and kills him after he confirms he notified both The Rancher and The Chief.
John, Cindy, and The Sheriffs arrive later. The Blonde has left a message to bring the money and John to Station 12the isolated desert way station where the Apaches had killed the family. As they're leaving, The Cowboy and Mo show up. The Cowboy kills The Sheriffs, but The Indian appears and tomahawks The Cowboy and Mo. The Chief arrives, and the group head to Station 12 with his $1,000,000 briefcase
They arrive just as The Rancher does, with his $1,000,000 briefcase. Cindy reveals that she is The Rancher's daughter and was following John in case he found the mask. When The Blonde emerges from the station, The Indian attacks, but she kills him. She tells the rest to send John in with the briefcases, or everyone will die.
When John enters the station, he and The Blonde embrace. The family that was killed in the flashback was John's. They had a
Hopi
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housekeeper who hid John in the floorboards of the station and told the Apaches that he was dead. The Blonde is John's ex-girlfriend, who stuck around to help John get revenge for his family.
John and The Blonde tell The Rancher and The Chief why they are doing this. Also, she tells them that Elvis Elvis's dying words were that he destroyed the mask when he realized he wouldn't be able to sell it. She tells them she will return and kill anyone who retaliates. She leaves, with a briefcase and the hooker who stole John's walletshe is actually the doctor that The Blonde left him for.
John leaves with his briefcase and the mask, which wasn't really destroyed. John returns it to his Hopi protector from 30 years earlier, finishing the job his father had startedreturning the mask to her tribe, the rightful owners.
Cast
Production
The film was first announced on June 17, 2010. Some of the filming occurred in Utah. On July 8, 2010,
Megan Park
Megan Park (born July 24, 1986) is a Canadian actress and director. She is known for her portrayal of Grace Bowman in the television series ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager''. In 2021, Park made her feature directorial debut with '' ...
was confirmed to have joined the cast.
On July 13, 2010, it was confirmed that Chris Kattan and Helena Mattsson had joined that cast. On July 14, 2010,
Jeff Fahey was announced to have joined the cast.
Principal photography
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Personnel
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began on July 6, 2010.
The film is not rated. However, on Dish TV, it's rated NC17.
Release
The film was released on DVD in North America on January 8, 2013.
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2012 films
2012 action comedy films
2012 crime thriller films
American action comedy films
American comedy thriller films
American crime thriller films
American crime comedy films
Films scored by Jeff Cardoni
Films shot in Utah
American independent films
Universal Pictures films
2012 comedy films
2012 independent films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
English-language independent films
English-language crime thriller films
English-language action comedy films