Go – Review

Energetic, wacky, funny, hypnotic and highly entertaining, Go is a fun ride. Go covers about 24 hours’ worth of time, and restarting the story a few times from multiple characters’ perspectives.

As Ronna (Polley) bags groceries in both paper and plastic, as well as doubling the customer coupons on demand, she knows her life is not where she wants it to be, especially facing eviction. Coworker Simon (Askew) needs someone to cover his shift, and wants to head to Las Vegas with his friends Marcus (Diggs), Signh (Duval) and Tiny (Meyer).

Ronna agrees despite having already worked 14 straight hours and takes his shift. She tries to kill time with Claire (Holmes) and Mannie (Bexton) in the freezer on break, but is called to work the register again all too soon.

Two guys Zack (Mohr) and Adam (Wolf) are looking for Simon, however he’s in Vegas, so they need a hookup or something “euphoric.” They are heading to the Mary X-Mas superfest rave, and need to score drugs. Ronna, again desperate for cash looks to make a deal and help herself out, dragging Clarie and Mannie into a night of trouble. Meanwhile, Simon hits Vegas.

How will everything go for all these young and semi-connected characters? Where will their nights take them? What choices will they make? Who else will get involved? How much chaos will be caused? What you think is likely not the answer all around.

The movie unravels in multiple complimentary “chapters” which cover the same periods of time from differing character perspectives. By the end they are all cohesive and give motive, additional character highlights and answers for all the film’s happenings. Most all perspectives have a surprise or two, and plenty of funny moments.

The cast is very good, and the creative writing is well handled by Doug Liman, despite it being earlier in his career. The movie is a fun time and highly entertaining, as characters often are not all that they appear, nor do they behave in anticipated ways. Also, this can be a Christmas movie if you want to swap out Die Hard for a year, because it does take place in the season.