Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun)

Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun)

Bring me my machine gun

Directed by Harmony Korine

201115 min6.1 / 10

A darkly comedic, surreal portrait of two wheelchair-bound lovers performing an exaggerated gangsta lifestyle in poverty, blending absurdist humor with genuine affection and desperation.

Big dreams, big blunts, big rims, and big guns. It's time to get gangsta gangsta. Ninja and Yo Landi are wheelchair-bound lovers and real gangstas. They live in the outskirts of civilization, they shoot guns for fun, smoke massive joints, and sleep in the woods. They don't have any bling to show for their gangsta cred, but the world deserves to know who they are. They're tramps, and their wheels are starting to fall off. Ninja become despondent over their vagabond existence, but Yo Landi won't let him give up. What ensues is straight up gangsta mayhem, the realist of the real, true gangsta shit.

Questions people ask

  • Does Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun) end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of films.

  • Is Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun) sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun) scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun) violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun) easy watching? 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.

61/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise74

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun)

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Same Mood as Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun)

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun), But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun), But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Umshini Wam (Bring Me My Machine Gun), But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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