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6.7
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bob113
Critic Bob Mccabe
rated 6

Penn (...) is superb - gradually falling apart through the course of the day, a man desperate to get out alive, with one eye on the road ahead and one on the buzzards circling above.

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kasperlovborg
Kasper Løvborg
rated 9

The shortage of love for 'U Turn' mystifies me. Yeah, it's crazy, weird, ugly and over the top ... but that's what I like so much about it! The cast is insane. Penn, Nolte, Thornton, Boothe, Phoenix and Lopez are all terrific h...

4 years ago
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Cast & Crew

Oliver Stone
Director
Sean Penn
As Bobby Cooper
Jon Voight
As Blind Man
Billy Bob Thornton
As Darrell
Nick Nolte
As Jake McKenna
Jennifer Lopez
As Grace McKenna
Bo Hopkins
As Ed
Abraham Benrubi
As Biker #1

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In the scorching Arizona desert, small-time hustler Bobby Cooper's car breaks down, leaving him stranded and in debt to a violent gangster. He meets Grace and Jake McKenna, a married couple with a dangerous secret: they each want Bobby to kill the other for money. Trapped in their web of deceit, Bobby agrees to kill Jake but falls for Grace, leading to a deadly cat-and-mouse game with twists that leave everyone fighting for their lives. The film's title, "U Turn," refers to the abrupt change of events that sends the characters spiraling out of control.

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What movies are similar to U Turn? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as U Turn include The Usual Suspects, Primal Fear, Seven, A Time to Kill, Fargo, Murder by Numbers.

When was U Turn released in theaters? Toggle content

U Turn was released in theaters on October 3, 1997.