Pawn Shop Chronicles
Eight different men, including an Elvis impersonator, standing in a line in front of a Pawn shop building.
Theatrical & On-Demand release poster
Directed byWayne Kramer
Written byAdam Minarovich
Produced byJordan Schur
Paul Walker
David Mimran
Nick Thurlow
Starring
CinematographyJim Whitaker
Edited bySarah Boyd
Music byThe Newton Brothers
Production
companies
Distributed byAnchor Bay Films
Release date
  • July 12, 2013 (2013-07-12)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$10,080 (limited release)[1]

Pawn Shop Chronicles, also known as Hustlers,[2] is a 2013 American crime comedy film directed by Wayne Kramer and written by Adam Minarovich. The film stars an ensemble cast, led by Paul Walker, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Vincent D'Onofrio, Norman Reedus, and Chi McBride. This was Walker's final film to be released during his lifetime, as he died four months after its release.

The film received a limited theatrical release in July 2013.[1][3]

Plot

Centering on the events in and around a pawn shop, Pawn Shop Chronicles tells three overlapping stories involving items found within said pawn shop.

Cast

Production

Fred Durst was originally set to direct.[4][5]

The movie was filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in June 2012. The film's carnival scene was filmed at William and Lee Park in Port Allen, Louisiana.[6][7]

Critical reception

On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 18% approval rating based on reviews from 17 critics.[8] On Metacritic the film has a score of 26 out 100 based on reviews from 10 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[9]

Variety called it "A sub-Tarantino triptych of comic-violent tall tales consisting mostly of bad things happening to dumb people."[3] Stephen Holden of The New York Times, said of the film, "Hee Haw meets Pulp Fiction at the meth lab: That describes the style of Pawn Shop Chronicles, a hillbilly grindhouse yawp of a movie that belches in your face and leaves a sour stink."[10]

The film was reviewed favorably by JoBlo.com. For the site, reviewer JimmyO wrote, "Pawn Shop Chronicles is a wildly bizarre and politically incorrect mix of b-movie genres wrapped into one. Kramer – with the script by Minarovich – amps up the action and violence without pushing it too far – well at least for my personally warped taste."[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  2. ^ Blue Print Review
  3. ^ a b Foundas, Scott (July 12, 2013). "Film Review: 'Pawn Shop Chronicles'". Variety. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "Paul Walker to Star in Fred Durst's 'Pawn Shop Chronicles' (Berlin)". The Hollywood Reporter. 12 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Fred Durst to Direct PAWN SHOP CHRONICLES". Collider. October 2010.
  6. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 4, 2012). "Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Elijah Wood, Vincent D'Onofrio Join Wayne Kramer's 'Pawn Shop Chronicles'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  7. ^ Chawla, Kiran (June 26, 2012). ""Pawn Shop Chronicles" takes center stage in Port Allen". WAFB.com. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  8. ^ "Pawn Shop Chronicles". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  9. ^ "Pawn Shop Chronicles". Metacritic.
  10. ^ Holden, Stephen (July 11, 2013). "A Simple Swap or Sale? Not Here 'Pawn Shop Chronicles' Yields Twisted Tales". The New York Times. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  11. ^ JimmyO (July 8, 2013). "Review: Pawn Shop Chronicles". JoBlo.com. Retrieved January 19, 2014.

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Films directed by Wayne Kramer
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