Cool Money (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Gary Burns

Writers (WGA):

Shelley Evans (teleplay)
Marvin J. Wolf (short story "Unlucky Pierre" from the book "Rotten Apples") ...

Release Date:

19 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Charismatic thief Bobby Comfort (James Marsters) escapes from prison, clears himself of all charges...

Plot Keywords:

Thief | Hotel | Conman | Robbery | Jewelry Thief

Cast

James Marsters	...	Bobby Comfort
John Cassini	...	Sammy Nalo
Larry Manetti	...	Det. Ed O'Connor
Wayne Robson	...	Doc
Robin Brûlé	...	Stephanie Comfort (as Robin Brûle')
Jason Schombing	...	Phil Parris
Margot Kidder	...	Peggy Comfort
Dennis Akayama	...	District Attorney (as Denis Akiyama)
Randy Butcher	...	Prison Guard
Kira Clavell	...	The Queen
Jennifer Coburn	...	Navarro Maid #2
Rene Bishop	...	Undercover Fence (as Rene Curley)
Louis Di Bianco	...	Older Guy
Carlos Diaz	...	Bank Officer
Conrad Dunn	...	City

Also Known As:

The Pierre Heist (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:89 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:12 | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)

Goofs:

Continuity: The newspaper shown in the sequence of several hotel robberies with the Crime of the Century headline is actually reporting about the Pierre Heist at the end of the movie.

This is a TV movie on USA, where does it get off being GOOD?

I found out about this movie 24 hours ago, and in that time the summary on the main page has changed three times. Each of them made reference to James Marsters' most famous previous job, on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which may or may not be a good thing.

I'm not an obsessive fan (as far as you know), but he's a solid actor, and so is everyone in this movie who isn't playing a cop. This is a TV movie on USA, for crying out loud, where does it get off being GOOD? The last TV movie on USA I watched was "Hard Cash" with Christian Slater and Val Kilmer, and there is a prime example of two hours of my life I will never get back. While that was a movie made by a director and actors who are all on their way down, "Cool Money" (despite the lame title) is made with relative unknowns both behind and in front of the camera, and I hope to see them working again soon on newer and bigger things.

Director Gary Burns keeps the action moving along quickly, despite the obvious handicaps that are commercial interruptions, and having the budget of a USA TV-movie. The script, by Shelley Evans, doesn't exactly pop, but it's above average for what it is, and gives us some really great characters, even if the memorable lines are few and far between.

Even if you know nothing about Marsters, he's an actor with presence and the face of a man up to no good; he'd look right at home in any Guy Ritchie movie. High marks for this one, and extra bonus points for a shockingly good Margot Kidder as Comfort's New York mother.