Alessandro Nivola, Josh Brolin, Michael G. Hagerty

Every cause has an effect. Every action has a reaction. So learns Nick, Lissa and Bryce when each tests the limits of their morality, they find themselves intertwined in a dangerous web of misguided f...( read more  read more... )riendship and desperate ambition. Nick, Lissa and Bryce are three people who are on the brink of changing the paths in their lives. Bryce, an old buddy of Nick's, is preparing for graduate school and a career in academics. Lissa is following her passion for art. And, Nick is planning on spending what he believes will be a lofty inheritance. But things go awry when Bryce's unexpected return back into Nick's life provides an opportunity to set things right -- and wrong. Each frantic to extract themselves from their predicament, they find they must make difficult moral decisions with life-altering consequences.

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Mike Barker

Release Date: September 10, 1999

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DVD Release Date: February 22, 2000

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  • September 28, 2009
    I?m surprised this film didn?t do better. It?s quite a good thriller, very unpredictable with a ?you?ll either love it, or you?ll hate it? ending. I loved it!
  • July 25, 2007
    Good thriller with a lot of twists. Well acted and thouroughly enjoyable.
  • November 7, 2006
    Very well made film.
  • August 26, 2006
    A decent enough thriller. The three leads put in great performances, but it never really takes off or comes to anything more than mildly entertaining. Was really just shoved in with a lot of other disstorted narrative pictures, and really that's all it has going for it.
  • March 15, 2009
    good movie.. lots of twist..
  • September 30, 2009
    Trash the Crooks Story. Two friends, Nick and Bryce the main Characters. Bryce is accused of Rape and calls Nick for help; Nick arrives to find Rape Victim Tided, Gagged and Bruised; and both begin to argue. Story moves back four months where Nick is late for Father's Funeral ...( read more)and meets Les, a girl. Nick later meets with Father's Lawyer and is advised that there will be no Inheritance as a result of unpaid Income Taxes, then engages in a Love Affair with Les; takes odd jobs for what appears to be for money; then accepts a job to help move some drugs. Nick is later accused of stealing $40,000 by a large Black Man and given till Sunday to make reparations. Bryce shows up and takes Nick to a Mansion he is House Sitting; Nick starts asking questions about the value of the items in the house to make the Reparations Deadline. Later Nick and Bryce are having drinks at a bar, Les walks in and is introduced to Bryce as Kathy, Nick leaves the two alone, and the story moves back to the Hostage Situation. Nick then tells Bryce to kill Kathy/Les, Bryce agrees, then Nick tells Bryce he will do the job. Nick Pretends to kill Les/Kathy, and moves the so called Dead Body to his automobile. As he escapes the Mansion, the Auto is Hijacked by the Black Man looking for reparations, who finds Les/Kathy in the Trunk, and ties and gags her again. Nick arrives and discovers that all these happenings are a grand scheme to steal some Inheritance he was to obtain from his father and in the end, Les and Nick walk away a little bruised up.

    Notable Sayings: "I want a Guarantee she won't speak before I let her go," "Your not to bright are you?" "Tic Tok, the mouse ran out of time, you Mother Fucker," "You Die," "Not everything in the World revolves around Fucking," "Shut the Fuck Up," and "Times up Mother Fucker."
  • June 3, 2009
    Not the type of movie that I watch a bunch of times, but it was good.
  • April 2, 2009
    Cansativo e frustrante.
  • March 13, 2009
    it wasa really messed up movie , but it was sitll good.
  • January 26, 2009
    Wasn't sure about this one, and now that I have seen it I'm still not, I've seen the story line and it's been much worse but it couldbe better.

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  • Shaqswife
    December 1, 2008
    This a good film. Iwas sketptical b/c I did not think Resse would be able to pull off a supsense/thriller film but she did a great job. There were a few slow momments but all in all its pretty cool.

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