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5.3/10   295 votes
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Release Date:
21 January 2002 (UK) more
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Tagline:
There's Nothing Real In This... But The Money.
Plot:
A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime. full summary | add synopsis
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Missed Opportunity more (12 total)

Cast

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Robert Patrick ... Ray Bennett

Jennifer Esposito ... Olive Dee 'Harley' Klintucker

Mike Starr ... Tono

Melissa Joan Hart ... C.J.

Mike Hagerty ... Red

Michael J. Pollard ... Don

Colm Meaney ... Gin O'Malley

Vyto Ruginis ... Motel manager

Robert Deacon ... Skull

Kyle T. Heffner ... Vinnie 'Pipe' Pipolino
Brian Abercrombie ... Lenny / 'Charlie Friendly'

Val Lauren ... Pez

Kenneth Moskow ... Jimmy (bank teller)

David Jean Thomas ... Mr. Jones
Brenda Nowatka ... Waitress
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Backflash Blues (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
Australia:90 min
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1.85 : 1 more

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Referenced in Lost in Translation (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Can't Go Home more

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Missed Opportunity, 19 December 2002
3/10
Author: weasel23 from U.K

A massive missed opportunity by the makers of this movie. What should have been a sizzling tale of betrayal and intrigue is turned into a by the numbers 3a.m TV slot filler. Robert Patrick coasts his way through the movie, putting in a bare minimum effort to draw his paycheck. Jennifer Esposito is shockingly under-used by the director, when she should have been setting the screen alight as the sultry temptress. Colm Meaney is reduced to comic relief when he could have been much more sinister.

At the end of the day, with a spring clean of the script to tighten up the dialogue and a decent director, you could remake this movie with exactly the same cast and turn a rating of '3' into a '9'. Sorry Mr Philip J Jones (Producer/ Writer/ Director), trying to do it all yourself was a wrong move.

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