Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1998)
Directed by Joe Carnahan
To keep their struggling used-car dealership from closing, salesmen Sid and Bob agree to let a vintage 1963 Pontiac LeMans sit on their lot for two days in return for $250,000. Warned that the vehicle has been associated with many deaths already, Sid and Bob are soon pursued by hitman Mr. Reich and FBI Agent Jared, among others. As violence surrounds them, Sid talks his partner into stealing the car for a $500,000 ransom.
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Joe Carnahan got his start with one of these, 1998’s Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (which was also compared to Robert Rodriguez’s El Mariachi).
Writer-director Joe Carnahan originally established himself as a passable Tarantino clone with Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane, then seemed to transcend it with the brilliant Narc .
Writer and director Joe Carnahan drops the labored pessimism of his last film, Narc, returning to the manic, propulsive style that marked his 1998 feature debut, Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane.
Based on Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane, it's a wonder that Joe Carnahan was able to find a second gig.
He has an uneven resume - he made the low-budget exploitation thriller Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane and the effective cop movie Narc.