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Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | Max | |
Matthew Lillard | ... | Jack | |
Valeria Golino | ... | Jamie | |
Mark Boone Junior | ... | Piece | |
Tamara Mello | ... | Mars Girl | |
Michael Shamus Wiles | ... | Wellings | |
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J.W. Smith | ... | Red |
Ed O'Ross | ... | The Bossman | |
George Griffith | ... | Griff | |
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Dennis Keiffer | ... | Lenny |
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David Glen Eisley | ... | George |
Rhino Michaels | ... | Hitman 1 (as Ryan 'Rhino' Michaels) | |
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Sam Hiona | ... | Harry |
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Dale 'Mad Dog' Messmer | ... | Auctioneer (as Dale 'Mad Dog' Messner) |
The stranger Jack arrives in the studio of the crook collector of antiques Max and tells his ambitious companion and specialist in poisons Jamie that he is Jack's brother. Jamie does not buy his story, dominates Jack and ties him up to a chair. When Max arrives, Jack proposes US$ 100,000.00 for each one to protect him in a negotiation of the antiques "Spanish Judges" with a wealthy and dangerous collector. Max invites his stupid acquaintance Piece, who comes with his retarded girlfriend that believes she is from Mars, to compose the backup team. However, Jack double-crosses the collector and then he intrigues Jack, Jamie and Piece. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Two aspects of this movie had the chance to make it a good flick, the psychos in the gang, and the plot twists, mostly betrayals. But it gets bogged down in a lot of banter, and the pace gets too slow, not as slow as "High Art", but close. There is also a little too much over-acting, sort of like a high school play. The beginning sets things up fairly well, and the ending has all the plot twists, but you have to bear with the middle scenes. The psychos were well thought out, but not well executed, rather shallowly done. Better caper/heist flicks to rent would be Phoenix, Route 9, or Judas Kiss, and a better psycho movie would be In Dreams, but it might be worth a couple bucks if you don't get your hopes up too high. -Bob