JACK SOUTH (JSouth1)
I vaguely recall this series, and when it came out....I was interested to see if it would be like a movie I had seen many years before, with nearly the same title. At the time--I only had my distant memories of the movie, as NO ONE else seemed to even know of it's existence. But I recalled that the movie, called "the gun", was about a handgun, and it followed the gun from it's manufacture, sale and then through the various hands it passed, and what then transpired . I recalled that the gun was used in a robbery, for a protection device, and that near the end, it ended up being fed into a shredder with many other guns and such....but THIS gun survived. It would not be for several years later that I would actually SEE this movie, somehow finding a copy on Ebay some years ago--to find that my nearly 20 year old memories of the movie were pretty much right on--other than having forgot a couple of things....including the ending, where the scrap worker finds that gun intact, in the shredded materials, takes it home to use for protection--where it gets found by his young child, who thinks it is a toy.....Well...when I watched the series called "gun" in 1997, it WAS a lot like that movie--but not NEARLY as good. I saw a few episodes--and lost interest. There was just too much "cheese" in the show, such as the guy who thought he was the "man with no name" after watching Clint Eastwood movies. And I recall a guy, maybe Daniel Stern getting "tempted" by Kathy Ireland or such--to cheat on his wife, IIRC.All in all--a forgettable series. Find a copy of the 1974 movie with nearly the same name--SOMEHOW--and you will like it a LOT better!!
manicpigeon
this is without doubt the biggest pile of crap i have ever seen. i bought this on DVD on the strength of it being produced by Robert altman and starring such an impressive bunch of actors.i figured it much at the very least be watchable. but i was wrong, the writing was the biggest insult to my intelligence but the direction and even the acting were just as laughable. how anyone can say this series was innovative escapes me. there is no explanation of how the gun ends up in its different locations and with no obvious passage of time to allow the viewer to perhaps fill in the blanks. add to that the ridiculous plot of each story and this entire series was nothing but frustrating. using the dvds for coasters would be too good for this abomination.
elspethm
This series is currently being rerun on the Trio network as part of their "Brilliant, but Cancelled" theme. I have no idea on what planet this series is considered "brilliant", but it was most definitely "cancelled". They are running a show on this theme, plus their show "Perfect Pitch" which attempts to describe the best way to pitch a new series and have it be made into a pilot. I'm guessing that "Gun" connects to this theme in that it had the perfect pitch -- "It's 'Twilight Zone' meets 'The Outer Limits' -- but wait, they are all linked by the same gun!" I've seen this theme so many times, most notably in that movie (whose name escapes me) where they follow the same twenty dollar bill around to different owners. The links to that twenty dollar bill were much more plausible than the links to this gun. I would only recommend watching this show if a) you are bored or b) you happen to like one of the guest stars, of which there are plenty. The episode with Kirsten Dunst and Carrie Fisher was my favorite, but I probably could have found better use of an hour of my time.
khideky
The show was exceptional, with unpredictable endings and a different story each time. I wish they would combine all the episodes into a movie.
I don't know whether this show was the inspiration for a similar series taking place in the old west called 'Dead Man's Gun'. Again, the only thing that remained stable was the cursed weapon.