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Known as Formula 51 in the United States, this is a 2001 British film about a pharmacologist named Elmo McElroy attempting to peddle the formula for a new drug he's created called POS 51, which he claims is "fifty-one times more powerful than cocaine, fifty-one times more hallucinogenic than acid, fifty-one times more explosive than ecstasy." Thus McElroy is forced to team up with his British contact and find a way to both survive and profit from the debacle.

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  • Known as Formula 51 in the United States, this is a 2001 British film about a pharmacologist named Elmo McElroy attempting to peddle the formula for a new drug he's created called POS 51, which he claims is "fifty-one times more powerful than cocaine, fifty-one times more hallucinogenic than acid, fifty-one times more explosive than ecstasy." Thus McElroy is forced to team up with his British contact and find a way to both survive and profit from the debacle.
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  • Known as Formula 51 in the United States, this is a 2001 British film about a pharmacologist named Elmo McElroy attempting to peddle the formula for a new drug he's created called POS 51, which he claims is "fifty-one times more powerful than cocaine, fifty-one times more hallucinogenic than acid, fifty-one times more explosive than ecstasy." When the deal goes wrong and everyone involved ends up dead, he realises that his ex-boss, whom he thought he'd already killed to prevent him seizing the drug for himself, is very much alive and would like revenge. Assisting his boss is the Dawn/Dakota, the expat ex-girlfriend of his British contact, Felix DeSousa. Assisting neither party and trying to help himself is the highly Corrupt Cop Virgil Kane. Thus McElroy is forced to team up with his British contact and find a way to both survive and profit from the debacle. Intriguingly, Rotten Tomatoes indicates that more top critics appreciated the film than regular critics, with averages of 50% and 26% being given respectively. The film flopped however, recovering only about half it's $27 million budget.
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