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Lucas (Nolte) is released from prison and makes his way to a bank to deposit a cheque. Once inside he finds himself drawn into an armed robbery by Perry (Short) who needs money to care for his daughter. Naturally the police doubt that Lucas is an innocent bystander and pursue both men for the crime.This is a reasonable comedy, and that's about the nicest you can say. It veers from moments of laugh-out-loud hilarity to moments that are overly sentimental and sugary that make you want to cringe. The plot is quite interesting although you know roughly what's going to happen with the mix-matched trio - the instant Short tells Nolte that his daughter hasn't spoken for 2 years you know what's going to regarding that. The detail of the story is less predictable and often brings funny moments but you never for one minute think to yourself "wow - how's this great story going to end?" You never think that this is going to end in a huge shoot out in which everyone dies - you know it's going to be happy.Nolte is good, playing his tough guy role well and his warming towards the daughter is quite believable. Short is a manic clown and it's a role is good at as he does it so often. Doroff (Meg) is quite good for a child and she is made to look bad by all her scenes being horribly sentimental and sweet or, when she isn't speaking and just stares, she is looks like the children of the corn. Smaller roles held by people like James Earl Jones, Alan Ruck and Bruce McGill are all good, and add interest by seeing well known faces.Overall the film has some very funny situations but they are vastly outnumbered by scenes of such saccharine that it's far too sickly sweet for it's own good.
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