Storyline
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.
Directors
Cast
Cameron Diaz, Richard Riehle, Johnny Depp, Verne Troyer, Benicio del Toro, Michael Jeter, Harry Dean Stanton, Gregory Itzin, Hunter S. Thompson, Christopher Meloni, Penn Jillette, Laraine Newman, Katherine Helmond, Craig Bierko, Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, Buck Holland, Ellen Barkin, Debbie Reynolds, Jenette Goldstein, Troy Evans, Mark Harmon, Flea, Gary Busey, Lyle Lovett, Tim Thomerson, Mary Gillis, Elenn Barkin
Trailer
Reviews
100
It is as deeply satisfying as only the yowling, primal trashing of several rental cars and hotel rooms while in the grips of a hopelessly depraved ether jag and several sheets of blotter acid can be... A cinematic masterpiece.
70
The A.V. Club
Gilliam captures the chaotic visions of debauchery with his trademark aplomb, bringing to life the already trippy patterns of hotel carpets and populating the dark bars of Vegas with genuinely reptilian lounge lizards.
60
The New York Times
The closest sensory approximation of an acid trip ever achieved by a mainstream movie and the latest example of Mr. Gilliam's visual bravura.
50
Film Threat
On this ride we follow the two characters from casino to casino and from hallucination to hallucination with no real destination.
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The one source of relief comes from the score -- a sampling of period ditties by the likes of the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Neil Young.
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