After his breakthrough “Swingers,” Liman stayed in youth subculture but pivoted away from fedoras and towards glow sticks in this fractured, “Pulp Fiction”-meets-“American Graffiti” blast. Told from three different points of view and following a cluster of young folks in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas (with a brief jaunt to Las Vegas), it emphasized style and characterization above all else.
In someone else’s hands it could have been vacuous and teen-y, but thanks to Liman and a terrific cast (anchored by Sarah Polley and filled out by Jay Mohr, Timothy Olyphant, Katie Holmes and Taye Diggs, amongst others), “Go” becomes something larger and more profound — a cultural snapshot of a very specific moment.
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