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6.1/10
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A botched robbery leads two crooks and an unwitting buddy into a web of passion, crime and murder in this twist-laden film noir.A botched robbery leads two crooks and an unwitting buddy into a web of passion, crime and murder in this twist-laden film noir.A botched robbery leads two crooks and an unwitting buddy into a web of passion, crime and murder in this twist-laden film noir.
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Terrance Sweeney
- Priest
- (as Father Terrance Sweeney)
Jamie Galen
- Barry
- (as a different name)
Terrence Howard
- Jimmy
- (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe opening shot of the film showing the bar and neon sign and then the bar's interior is an homage to Orson Welles and Citizen Kane (1941), with the camera appearing to pass through the glass window in one continuous movement.
- GoofsBrice wears glasses when in a bar with Nick and at the house when Nick arrives until they go down stairs when he's seen without them on then he's got them on again when he enters the basement but he's got them on again when standing by the pool table.
- Quotes
Bad Ass Dude: Boy, you got a funny idea about chivalry. When me and my lady go driving, she always rides up front with me.
- Alternate versionsThe DVD contains some deleted scenes:
- Alternate Opening Titles featuring a vagrant named Cal, riding a bicycle decorated with recycling goods.
- At the pool Nick and Bryce discuss what to do with Lissa.
- Cal collects some tins.
- Nick and Lissa sell the belongings of Nicks's deceased father.
- An extended version of the scene where Nick and Lissa plan to leave Tropico. Here Lissa tells Nick that she wants to get out at all cost.
- A longer version of the scene on the roof of the hotel which fleshes out Lissa's devotion to Nick.
- An extended version of the scene where Nick and Lissa plan the robbery.
- Nick kills some time, buys some cigarettes and inadvertently starts the bush fire.
- An alternate ending which is not as clearly positive as in the final film, but is instead "hopeful".
- SoundtracksWhy Can't He Be You
Written by Hank Cochran
Performed by Patsy Cline
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets
Featured review
Like the title might suggest, I'm sure there were some great ideas behind this movie, but they got lost trying to come together. It's a fairly watchable thriller for most of the running time, mostly due to Nivola and Witherspoon giving muted performances. But the problem with this kind of thing is that it just isn't clever enough to really outsmart the audience. It isn't necessarily that you know what's coming, but the fact that you know SOMETHING is coming, some kind of twist, that it has to be pretty off the wall to take you in. Unfortunately, here the movie plunges into farce and it's a let down after an often tense, and well calculated build-up.
Still, Nivola is always nice to watch :-)
Still, Nivola is always nice to watch :-)
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $27,816
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,872
- Sep 12, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $27,816
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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