The 51st State
The 51st State also known as Formula 51 is a 2001 CanadianBritish action comedy film. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Ricky Tomlinson, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans and Meat Loaf. The film follows the story of an American master chemist Jackson who heads to Britain to sell his formula for a powerful new drug. All does not go as planned and Jackson soon becomes entangled in a web of deceit. The 51st State premiered in the United Kingdom onDecember 2001. It was released worldwide under the name Formula 51 in October 2002, where it grossed 14.4 million, just over half of the budget.
Elmo leaves for Liverpool, England, where he meets Felix DeSouza, a local fixer who has been sent by Leopold Durant, head of a local criminal organisation, in exchange for two football tickets to a soldout game. At the meeting, Elmo pitches POS 51, a synthetic drug that can be produced with minimal facilities and is 51 times as potent as other drugs. A second opinion from Pudsey, Durants chemist, confirms Elmos claims, and Durant gives him over a million dollars in bonds. Since it ismillion short of the agreed payment, Elmo threatens to leave.In a room across the street, Dakota is about to take a shot at Elmos head when the Lizard calls cancelling the hit not wanting to kill Elmo until he has the formula. Instead of killing Elmo, she is to kill anyone who meets with him. She switches rifles to an automatic weapon and kills everyone but Elmo and Felix, who is shot in the buttocks. As Elmo and Felix leave the hotel, a gang of skinheads who seek the drug attack them. Elmo protects them with a golf club. Detective Virgil Kane arrives on the scene and gives a chase. He is soon lured into a game of chicken by Elmo, who escapes. Kane returns to the crime scene and demands 50 of Durants deal with McElroy. A miscommunication leads to Durants death. ........
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