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Director:
Sidney J. Furie
Writers:
Robert Anton (written by) and
David Penotti (written by)
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Release Date:
27 August 1999 (Spain) more
Genre:
Action | Thriller more
Tagline:
Two wiseguys. One cool idea!
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User Comments:
It's better than the crowd implies more (11 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Casper Van Dien ... A.K.

Rick Fox ... Ray

Catherine Oxenberg ... Det Bailey
Andreas Apergis ... Morgan
Pierre Bénard ... Hotel clerk

Norman Mikeal Berketa ... Bank Manager (as Norm Berketta)

Gouchy Boy ... Jamal (as Goucho Boy)
Tony Calabretta ... Barnes

Mike Chute ... FBI Agent 2

Karen Cliche ... Kate

Peter Michael Dillon ... FBI agent (as Peter M. Dillon)
Daniella Ferrera ... Liz (as Daniela Ferrera)
Charlene Francique ... Lyla

Allen Altman ... Peter Burns (as Alan Altman)

Marcel Jeannin ... Teller
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, violence, nudity and some drug content.
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Runtime:
Spain:90 min | Croatia:97 min (DVD)
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Netherlands:12 | Spain:13 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, Canada more
Company:
Milagro Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Casper Van Dien and Catherine Oxenberg met and fell in love while working on this picture. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Near the end of the movie when Bailey shoots AK, she is shot by the policeman behind her. There is only one shot fired and one shot heard, but there are two bullet holes on her front side. more

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It's better than the crowd implies, 21 May 2005
6/10
Author: cppguy from United States

The current IMDb rating is rather poor. That's a shame. I just finished watching it on cable and found it enjoyable. It's not the top of my list, but the ending left me with mixed emotions: on the one hand, I got liking the characters enough that I had my own set of hopes for them, on the other I had my sense of "do something that's not a cliché." I won't say which won.

The film has a good sense of its own plot. I trace that to the one line where -- after a nearly implausible plot twist -- A.K. mutters "I should have bought a lottery ticket." (or something like that; I'm going by memory)

If you get a chance to catch the film, and don't mind a little tittie exposure (from the adult club scenes), it's no waste of time.

I had a boring Saturday night to watch this and "Sniper" and I think the IMDb scores for the films should have been swapped. I had trouble caring for the lead characters in "Sniper," but I found myself pulling for A.K. and Ray. I think the bad reviews came from trying to compare this to Tarantino films. If you don't, it works just fine.

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