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21 January 2002 (UK)
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There's Nothing Real In This... But The Money.
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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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Lacking juice
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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Backflash Blues (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for language.
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Australia:90 min
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Referenced in Lost in Translation (2003)
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Face the Wind
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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.