The Real McCoy (film)

Template:Use American English Template:Infobox film The Real McCoy is a 1993 American heist crime film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer and Terence Stamp.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Plot

Template:More plot Karen McCoy, a renowned bank robber, is released from prison after serving six years and resolves to lead a law-abiding life. Upon returning home, she discovers that her ex-husband has told their young son, Patrick, that she died, further complicating her efforts to reconnect with him. Despite her determination to go straight, Karen is subjected to harassment from her corrupt parole officer, Gary Buckner, and faces difficulty securing honest employment.

Karen's former employer, Jack Schmidt, reappears and pressures her to participate in a heist targeting a highly secure bank. When she refuses, Schmidt and Buckner kidnap Patrick to coerce her involvement. Karen eventually agrees and begins planning the robbery with the assistance of J.T. Barker, a small-time criminal who admires her legacy.

Using a strategic approach involving repeated false alarms to desensitize bank security, Karen carries out the robbery. She successfully opens the vault and retrieves the money but refuses to hand it over to Schmidt. Instead, she turns the tables on Schmidt and Buckner, exposing their illegal activities and rescuing her son. The film concludes with Karen and Patrick escaping together, leaving behind her criminal past.

Reception

Box office

The Real McCoy grossed $6,484,246 in the United States, with no international showings. In its first weekend the film grossed $2,705,425, which was 41.7% of the film's total earnings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Critical response

The film earned negative reviews from critics. The Real McCoy holds an 22% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 4.13/10.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 2 stars, saying, "... "The Real McCoy" took me back to... heist movies where a bank vault was subjected to high-tech manipulations by athletic super-crooks... those same scenes apparently took the film's authors back to the very same sources, since "The Real McCoy" recycles the same devices, not quite as well as the originals."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmink argued "Kilmer had one of the all-time great hot streaks in the early ‘90s – The Doors, Thunderheart, Tombstone, True Romance, Heat… The Real McCoy is the most anonymous of these."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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