A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.
- Director
- Writers
- Elmore Leonard(novel)
- Scott Frank(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Elmore Leonard(novel)
- Scott Frank(screenplay)
- Stars
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 13 wins & 15 nominations total
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Mike Malone
- Bank Customeras Bank Customer
- (as Elgin Marlowe)
Manny Suárez
- Bank Copas Bank Cop
- (as Manny Suarez)
Luis Guzmán
- Chinoas Chino
- (as Luis Guzman)
- Director
- Writers
- Elmore Leonard(novel)
- Scott Frank(screenplay)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring their DVD commentary, Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Frank reveal that the cast members ad-libbed several memorable lines in the script. Don Cheadle wrote the line, "in a situation like this, there's a high potentiality for the common motherfucker to bitch out."
- GoofsIf Karen Sisco had fired a gun in the enclosed volume of a car trunk, she probably would have blown out her ear drums.
- Quotes
Jack Foley: It's like seeing someone for the first time, like you can be passing on the street, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of a recognition like you both know something. Next moment the person's gone, and it's too late to do anything about it. And you always remember it because it was there, and you let it go, and you think to yourself, 'What if I had stopped? What if I had said something?' What if, what if... it may only happen a few times in your life.
Karen Sisco: Or once.
Jack Foley: [softly] Or once.
- Alternate versionsThe laserdisk/DVD versions contain the following deleted scenes.
- The original trunk scene, much much longer with extra dialog, different lighting and more wriggling.
- Moselle is teaching Snoopy's dog "Tuffy" to do tricks with a Frisbee while Snoopy is watching boxing on TV. Glenn calls to tell Snoopy about the Ripley job and then steals a car from a gas station.
- In a bizarre scene in the Adams Hotel room, Buddy and Jack talk about the feeling you get when you take a bath.
- Karen gets a lecture from her dad about relationships while he fishes ocean debris out of his jetty.
- Extended scene of Karen questioning Adele.
- In the yard at Lompoc, Ripley talks to Foley about fish.
- Glenn, Snoopy, Kenneth and White Boy Bob talk in the car after the transsexual murder.
- We see the rather gruesome transsexual murder scene. Ray Cruz talks to Karen who spots Glenn's broken glasses on the floor.
- Ripley is released from Lompoc and we see him packing stuff from his cell and saying goodbye to Foley.
- After the job "interview" at Ripley's office building, Foley smashes a large fish tank with a paperweight shortly before being thrown out by two security guards.
- Foley and Buddy talk in the hotel after Foley has returned from his "socializing" with Karen
- Putting ski masks on in the van before the Ripley job. White Boy Bob tells a story about leaving his wallet behind at a break in.
- SoundtracksFlosso Bosso
Written and Performed by Harry Garfield
Top review
Disappointing
I had expected more of this film.I expected a great plot,charming characters and lotsa suspense and romance.Instead it turned out to be just a vehicle for Jennifer Lopez to show her acting skills and George Clooney to play a smartass charmer(hmm,isn't this familiar?).The story starts out well,but then it takes a 180 degree turn into a rather boring robber story.
First flaw with the film is the character of Glenn.What is the point with this awful,annoying character?!?This is where the film first starts to show signs of typical Hollywood stupidity.There is no need for this guy and he doesn't do ANYTHING.He was a major pain in the ass to me and I found it hard to keep myself from changing the channel every time I saw him.Second flaw is that there is no point with all the flashbacks, the use of them was exaggerated by the cocky and over-ambitious Soderbergh.The background story with Jack Foley and his inmate friends really fails to make a meaningful connection to the rest of the plot.
The pluses of this picture were Lopez and Catherine Keener,both good to look at and solid in their roles.Also Ving Rhames was quite good as the faithful pal Buddy.The showdown scene in the end where White Boy trips and shoots himself in the head was worth watching.Don Cheadle was OK,although not impressive.But George Clooney,although he didn't give a bad performance,failed to impress and really show himself as actor the way he did in "From dusk till dawn","One fine day" and "O brother where art thou?",and also "ER".Samuel L. makes a nice cameo at the end.
So my conclusion is that this film tried to be too much somehow.It betted on one horse too many.I had liked it better if it was more focused on romance than all the robbery schemes and the dark past of its main male protagonist.For me,who had expected it to be a hidden gem of late 90's,it was a disappointment(although not major).What the heck,at least we got to see Clooney and JLO do it.;)
First flaw with the film is the character of Glenn.What is the point with this awful,annoying character?!?This is where the film first starts to show signs of typical Hollywood stupidity.There is no need for this guy and he doesn't do ANYTHING.He was a major pain in the ass to me and I found it hard to keep myself from changing the channel every time I saw him.Second flaw is that there is no point with all the flashbacks, the use of them was exaggerated by the cocky and over-ambitious Soderbergh.The background story with Jack Foley and his inmate friends really fails to make a meaningful connection to the rest of the plot.
The pluses of this picture were Lopez and Catherine Keener,both good to look at and solid in their roles.Also Ving Rhames was quite good as the faithful pal Buddy.The showdown scene in the end where White Boy trips and shoots himself in the head was worth watching.Don Cheadle was OK,although not impressive.But George Clooney,although he didn't give a bad performance,failed to impress and really show himself as actor the way he did in "From dusk till dawn","One fine day" and "O brother where art thou?",and also "ER".Samuel L. makes a nice cameo at the end.
So my conclusion is that this film tried to be too much somehow.It betted on one horse too many.I had liked it better if it was more focused on romance than all the robbery schemes and the dark past of its main male protagonist.For me,who had expected it to be a hidden gem of late 90's,it was a disappointment(although not major).What the heck,at least we got to see Clooney and JLO do it.;)
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- ereinion
- Sep 16, 2003
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Siêu Trộm Khét Tiếng
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $48,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,562,568
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,020,435
- Jun 28, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $77,745,966
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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