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American pharmacologist Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson) has created a powerful new party drug called POS-51 and is now on his way to Liverpool, England, where he hopes to sell the formula to crime lord Leopold Durant (Ricky Tomlinson).

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"The 51st State" is the story of Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson), a streetwise American master chemist, who heads to England to set up his last big deal -- to introduce a new designer drug to the European market. McElroy soon becomes embroiled in a web of double-dealing as he's escorted around Liverpool's underworld and rave scene by rabid local hood Felix De Souza (Robert Carlyle), who hates all things American.

• Rating: R (Language|Drug Content|Some Sexuality|Strong Violence)
• Genre: Action, Comedy
• Original Language: English
• Director: Ronnie Yu
• Producer: Andras Hamori, Samuel L. Jackson, Seaton McLean, Jonathan Debin, David Pupkewitz, Malcolm Kohll
• Writer: Stel Pavlou
• Release Date (Theaters): Oct 18, 2002 Wide
• Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
• Box Office (Gross USA): $5.2M
• Runtime: 1h 32m
• Distributor: Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., Screen Gems
• Production Co: Alliance Atlantis Communications
• Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo
• Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)