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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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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
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Face the Wind more

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Lacking juice, 4 April 2004
Author: Wizard-8 from Victoria, BC

For a low-budget movie, BACKFLASH looks pretty good. The cinematography is crisp and bright, and while some scenes look a little sparse at times, it never looks really cheap. The problem instead is with the screenplay. It plays like a first draft - scenes go by v-e-r-y slowly, when the story should play out quicker and tighter. There's no spark, and that includes the various twists and turns - you'll most likely have seen most of them before, so they aren't a surprise. The movie tries to jerk us around more near the end, but the twists in this part aren't believable and/or just lead to plot holes. And while Robert Patrick isn't a bad actor, he's wrong for a role that more belongs to someone who can convincingly play a little dim and not totally sure of things. And sadly, Michael J. Pollard is wasted in a role that just gives him two minutes of screen time at most.

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