The Real McCoy (film)

1993 American film

William Davies
William Osborne

Produced by

Martin Bregman
Willi Baer
Michael S. Bregman

Starring

Kim Basinger
Val Kilmer
Terence Stamp

CinematographyDenis CrossanEdited byPeter HonessMusic byBrad Fiedel

Production
companies

Bregman/Baer Productions, inc.

Distributed byUniversal Pictures
(USA & Canada)
Capella International
(International)

Release date

September 10, 1993 (1993-09-10)

Running time

105 minutesCountryUnited StatesBudget$24 millionBox office$6,484,246

The Real McCoy is a 1993 American heist crime film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer and Terence Stamp.^[1]

Plot

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated, Karen was the bank robber of her time but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life.

Unfortunately, between a dirty parole officer, old business partners and an idiot ex-husband, McCoy will have to do the unthinkable to save her son and new heartthrob J.T.: another bank job.

Cast

Kim Basinger as Karen McCoy
Val Kilmer as J.T. Barker
Terence Stamp as Jack Schmidt
Gailard Sartain as Gary Buckner
Zach English as Patrick
Deborah Hobart as Cheryl Sweeney
Pamela J. Hobart as Kelly
Andy Stahl as Mr. Kroll
Dean Rader-Duval as Lewis
Norman Maxwell as Hoke
Marc Macaulay as Karl
Nick Searcy as Roy Sweeney

Reception

Box office

The Real McCoy grossed $6,484,246 in the United States, with no international showings. In its first weekend the film grossed $2,705,425, which was 41.7% of the film's total earnings.^[2]

Critical response

The film earned negative reviews from critics. The Real McCoy holds an 22% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 4.13/10.^[3] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 2 stars, saying, "... "The Real McCoy" took me back to... heist movies where a bank vault was subjected to high-tech manipulations by athletic super-crooks... those same scenes apparently took the film's authors back to the very same sources, since "The Real McCoy" recycles the same devices, not quite as well as the originals."^[4]

References

^ Canby, Vincent (September 10, 1993). "A Burglar, Once, but Also a Mom". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ "The Real McCoy". The Numbers. n.d. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
^ "The Real McCoy (1993)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ Ebert, Roger (September 10, 1993). "The Real McCoy". RogerEbert.com. Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2018.