The 51st State
About The 51st State
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
The 51st State (2001) is a comedy crime film directed by Ronny Yu. At 93 minutes long, it arrived in December 2001.
Samuel L. Jackson stars as Elmo McElroy, Robert Carlyle as Felix DeSouza, Emily Mortimer as Dakota Parker, and Meat Loaf as The Lizard. Written by Stel Pavlou. It was produced by Alliance Atlantis.
Shelv files it under organized crime, double cross, northern england, and laxative. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Howdy Amazon Channel.
Payback, The Outfit, and The Getaway make useful companions to The 51st State. It scores 6.1 out of 10 from 699 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.