Chloë Sevigny, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon

A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.

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2,632 ratings

R, 114 min.

Directed by: Volker Schlondorff

Release Date: June 1, 1997

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DVD Release Date: August 4, 1998

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  • March 16, 2008
    Woody Harrelson does film noir. Worth a look, but wildly uneven.
  • August 28, 2007
    i want to see this one again, lol....don't judge me
  • December 29, 2006
    Had a few twists.
  • September 25, 2009
    Good movie, good theme
  • September 14, 2009
    http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/james-hadley-chase/just-another-sucker.htm

    Elisabeth Shue is not bad. I prefer Leaving Las Vegas. She was much better.

    Film is bad experience for V.Schlöndorff.
  • December 8, 2008
    no thanks not my thing
  • August 9, 2008
    A well made but totally predictable movie. I wasn't excited to see it but it was fun. Woody Harrelson is an ex-con who gets caught up in a phony kidnapping scheme where everything goes wrong. I didn't think Elisabeth Shue was all that great in it and Michael Rapport continues to ...( read more)amaze me with still getting work, but the rest of the cast was solid. Film noir lite.
  • June 20, 2008
    The first time I watched it, didn't think much of it.....but watched it again and it was a good story....very sexy.
  • May 16, 2008
    As we set off on this journey it looked as though Woody's character was going to be smarter than he turned out to be. A few things in this flic that annoyed me because I know a little about this business. Cops should've done a way better job, but then I guess we wouldn't have h...( read more)ad a story. Thank god for dumb film cops!
  • May 12, 2008
    Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero).

    First viewing: 26.09.1998

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