Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: Nice Wheels. Dirty Deals. And One Mean Mother In A Kilt.
- Genres: Thriller, Action, Comedy, Crime
- Release Date: 2001-12-07
- Runtime: 93.0 min
- Budget: $27.0 million
- Revenue: $12.9 million
- Production Companies: The Film Consortium, Alliance Atlantis, National Lottery, Fifty First Films, Artists Production Group (APG)-Film Council
Cast & Crew
Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf, Rhys Ifans, Sean Pertwee, Ricky Tomlinson, Michael Starke, Anna Keaveney, Paul Barber, Stephen Walters, Nigel Whitmey, Mac McDonald, Michael J. Reynolds, Junix Inocian, Jake Abraham, Aaron Swartz, David Webber, Nick Bartlett, Angus MacInnes, Robert Fyfe, Robert Jezek, Joan Campion, Terry O’Neill, Marc Anwar, Paul Broughton, Sonny Muslim, Barbara Barnes, Christopher Hunter, James Roach, Ade
Synopsis – What to Expect from “The 51st State”
The 51st State is a 2001 British-Canadian action-comedy film directed by Ronny Yu and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, and Meat Loaf.
The story follows Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson), a master chemist and former drug dealer who is released from prison, only to find himself in the middle of a power struggle between two rival drug lords. Elmo is recruited by the mysterious Felix DeSouza (Robert Carlyle) to help him create a new designer drug called “POS 51” that will revolutionize the drug trade.
Elmo travels to Liverpool, England, where he meets Dakota (Emily Mortimer), an American stripper who is also looking to make a quick buck. The two team up and travel to Manchester, where they meet up with the eccentric drug lord, the Lizard (Meat Loaf). The Lizard agrees to finance the production of POS 51, and Elmo and Dakota begin manufacturing the drug in an old warehouse.
However, the Lizard’s rival, the ruthless drug lord known as the Bull (Ricky Tomlinson), has his own plans for the drug. He sends his henchmen to hijack Elmo and Dakota’s shipment of POS 51, and the two are forced to flee to London.
Once in London, Elmo and Dakota enlist the help of an old friend, the mysterious Mr. St. John (Ricky
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