Kyra Sedgewick (who? just kidding, Kyra) and Stanley Tucci team up in a more than adequate disorganized crime flick. Although this Bonnie and Clyde team are poignant enough, this one's more about two MVP hit men (hitpersons?) and competent gangland executions than complex character study. But me...I love the kiss-kiss/bang-bang formula and this one's a goody. It kept me on edge throughout this sordid tale of assorted nasty things, i.e.; gambling, greed, nepotism, homicide, loyalty and, finally, love revealed in a death rattling disclosure. I am a reluctant convert to the Stanley Tucci Fan Club but, after having seen his career's range, depth and script judgment over these past years, I'm attending regular chapter meetings and considering taking the secretary's position. This is a good film noir offering with lots of twists and plenty of hemorrhaging from gunshot wounds, fatal and otherwise. If you like this kind of stuff...(well, nobody admits liking gory, testosterone-driven cinematic carnage anymore)...uh..uh.. come to think of it, just in case my oldest daughter reads this, I didn't really like this film that much. It had too much gratuitous violence and too much gun play. Not!!! Two thumbs sideways...

@Lary9

This is most definitely an over-the-top film, starting off sick and getting progressively sicker and sucking you in during the process. the characters are well-defined and well-realized, especially Philip Seymour Hoffman's smarmy, reptilian Duncan, Robin Tunney's not-as-dumb-or-pathetic-as-she-appears Kitty and Sedgwick's hardboiled-on-the-outside Claire. Of course the film belongs to Stanley Tucci, the film's dying hitman. Another sublime, subtle performance from this extraordinarily talented actor; he actually manages to give this brutal excursion a heart.

So hard to get hold of the dvd of this movie. In some inexplicable way this movie has been unknown to many. Only 24 reviews on Imdb, mine included, while this movie is equal to the best of Tarantino's work. Honest. "Montana" is an unknown gem, with MAGNIFICENT ACTING PERFORMANCES and BRILLIANT DIALOGUE and a THRILLING, HILARIOUS STORY, which is out of control!

The good: Quirky, fascinating, hilarious at moments, with a SUPERB, out of control, original story. One of a kind. The greatest unknown gangster comedy gem of the entire nineties! I am not kiddin'.

Any bad? The only reason I can think of, which might put off some viewers, is the fact that this story is slowburning and the jokes are not laugh out loud funny, because the acting is done seriously (by a stellar cast). This typically, slow tempo of this movie, is probably more suited for an arthouse audience, but arthouse audiences dont often go watch full blown gangster comedies. I think that's the reason that this nineties gangster's gem remained unknown. I would highly recommend it though!