A struggling auto mechanic with a criminal past agrees to one last heist to pay off his debts.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Christopher Walken | ... | Vic Kelly | |
| Peter McDonald | ... | Michael Lawlor (as Peter Mcdonald) | |
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Anne Pitoniak | ... | Aunt Dee |
| Kate Burton | ... | Rest Home Sister | |
| Jim Mayzik | ... | Rest Home Priest | |
| Vera Farmiga | ... | Miriam Kelly | |
| Donal Logue | ... | Pat Duffy | |
| Cyndi Lauper | ... | Sally Mahon | |
| Paul D'Amato | ... | Dylan | |
| Wally Dunn | ... | Harry | |
| Olek Krupa | ... | Ted Walikaki | |
| Chuck Cooper | ... | Arnon Morris | |
| John Ortiz | ... | Ismail Espinoza | |
| José Zúñiga | ... | Jesus Del Toro (as Jose Zuniga) | |
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Branden Vega | ... | Tony Del Toro |
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Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist. Written by Anonymous
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Release Date:
11 August 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$46,967, 13 August 2000, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
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Written by Ramon Rosado
Performed by Wayne Gorbea's Salsa Picante
Published by Shanachie Works (BMI)
Courtesy of Shanachie Entertainment
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When he is using the ratchet wrench, it is turning the bolt when it is clicking. A ratchet clicks on the return stroke not on the tightening stroke. See more »Crazy Credits
Thanks to Ma Connell and the clan. Special thanks to Adele, Bobby and the rest of the gang at Buffa's. See more »Soundtracks
Cogle El GustoWritten by Ramon Rosado
Performed by Wayne Gorbea's Salsa Picante
Published by Shanachie Works (BMI)
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This is worth taking a look at. Walken does a commendable job as the small-time crook, now out and self-employed, trying to stay honest fixing cars in a garage. Cindi Lauper is good, piling on a thick NYC accent, first time I've seen her in a movie. She's likeable, very grounded in the movie. The supporting cast is very real. The result is, you don't like many of them a lot. They're average people, and we see them in less than flattering scenes. To that extent, you do like them because they're dealing the best way they know with events.
The movie works, in part because of what it doesn't do. It doesn't make us endure one of those speeches the wife or girlfriend or best pal gives the ex-con, just before he's about to commit to one more heist. Here, Lauper just tells Walken to hit the road, she knows somethings up, and it's gonna spoil the plans they made. Very low-key. No need to get into melodrama, everybody knows the Walken character, they're not going to change his mind with wailing.
I wouldn't drive across town to see the film, but if it's convenient, this is a good character study. It has some humor, too, but only as a byproduct of things going on, not a goal. The tone of it reminded me of the movie, Thief, but only in the sense that we're watching people who live in a realm most of us never go. I'd rather see this kind of movie than another one of those idiotic gross-out comedies.