Hardly apply can be found, mostly a series of conversations between retired Professor Donald Sutherland and Larry Mullen Jr. A sexy but very quiet man who gets off the train in a small town where he plans to rob the only bank and is only waiting for the people who will aide him in it. He encounters Sutherland at a pharmacy and Sutherland invites him over so he can take his pills with some water, and Mullen ends up staying for the weekend, eventually confessing what he plans to do. Throughout the course of their brief acquaintance, they talk about many subjects and discover that they have a lot of things in common. Mullan is often moody yet reveals in a rare reflective moment that Sutherland has it all while he just drifts. He has met former students, a current student Sutherland is tutoring and Sutherland's still beautiful aging mistress. By the end, it's less about caring about whether he successfully rubs the bag or not, but how his encounter with Sutherland affects his life.
Playing a very gregarious character with a huge a zest for life and a love of people (well maybe not the checkout girl who always ask him if he wants something else when all he orders is tobacco), Sutherland has the showier role and thus stands out. Mullen is very monotone, and to put a little rhyme into the review, often sullen. Deep down it's obvious he doesn't want to commit this act of violence, and even turns down Sutherlands offer to help him at first and later the offer of money so he won't rub the bank. By the time the film does get around to dramatizing the robbery, the audience is aware that anything could happen and that it could be a fatal ending for either character. It's obvious to that Sutherland is facing a serious health crisis. But the best part of the film surrounds their meeting up and how they bond, a nice reflection of how sometimes a stranger can pop into your life without warning and make an impact.
Playing a very gregarious character with a huge a zest for life and a love of people (well maybe not the checkout girl who always ask him if he wants something else when all he orders is tobacco), Sutherland has the showier role and thus stands out. Mullen is very monotone, and to put a little rhyme into the review, often sullen. Deep down it's obvious he doesn't want to commit this act of violence, and even turns down Sutherlands offer to help him at first and later the offer of money so he won't rub the bank. By the time the film does get around to dramatizing the robbery, the audience is aware that anything could happen and that it could be a fatal ending for either character. It's obvious to that Sutherland is facing a serious health crisis. But the best part of the film surrounds their meeting up and how they bond, a nice reflection of how sometimes a stranger can pop into your life without warning and make an impact.