Is Pups easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Pups end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Pups

Name: Pups
Genre: Thriller, Action, Drama, Crime
Released: 1999
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Mischa Barton, Cameron Van Hoy, Burt Reynolds, Adam Farrar, David Alan Graf

What happens when a kid finds a gun or a gun finds a kid?

Directed by Ash Baron-Cohen

Produced by Team Okuyama, Allied Entertainment Group Inc.

199999 min6.1 / 10

A tense hostage thriller centered on an impulsive bank robbery by troubled youth and the FBI negotiator trying to defuse the volatile standoff.

When troubled teen boy Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) and his girlfriend, Rocky (Mischa Barton), attempt to rob a bank without any forethought, the situation rapidly deteriorates. Soon the young couple is holding bank customers and employees hostage, while law enforcement gathers outside. Daniel Bender (Burt Reynolds), a veteran negotiator for the FBI, is charged with assessing the crime scene and ending the standoff as quickly as possible, but Stevie's short fuse considerably complicates matters.

Clusters

Deadly Romantic Obsession Psychological Thriller Movies Trapped by a Predator Mob Double Crosses Workplace Movies

Genres

Thriller Action Drama Crime

Keywords

Robbery Manager Gun Hostage Bank Fbi Employee Veteran Addict Negotiator

Questions people ask

Is Pups easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Is Pups scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Does Pups end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Pups violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is Pups sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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