Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Henry Thomas

In this dark comedy, Christopher Walken shines as a mobster abducted by five friends (including Jay Mohr and Henry Thomas). These guys believe Walken can solve the kidnapping of one of their sisters. ...( read more  read more... )As Walken plays mind games, his captors splinter, each wondering whether one of &NFi;them&NFi_; had a hand in the crime. Includes loads of fascinating extras.

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R, 103 min.

Directed by: Peter O'Fallon

Release Date: December 31, 1997

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DVD Release Date: October 20, 1998

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  • September 28, 2009
    This is a great little crime drama that flew well below the radar on its release. Highly recommended!
  • March 17, 2008
    Charlie Barret: Guys, if I don't bleed to death pretty soon, I'm gonna die of boredom.

    3 things that make this work well.

    1. Chris Walken (of course)
    2. Unnecessary, yet hilarious banter between the young costars
    3. Dennis Leary in full asshole mode as a hitman.
    Good stuff.

    C...( read more)hristopher Walken stars as a mobster who is kidnapped by a bunch of rich kids with a plan of their own.

    One of these kids' girlfriend has been kidnapped, and so they want to use Walken's connections to hopefully find the kidnappers and meet their demands.

    This setup provides the opportunity for Walken to get under all of these characters skin. He is tied to a chair, with his finger cut off, but he still is able to use his verbose nature to figure things out for himself, and outwit his kidnappers.

    Meanwhile, Denis Leary is a hitman, going all over New York on his own misadventures looking for these rich kids to rescue his boss.

    The movie works for the three reasons I listed above, along with the fact that this is a very entertaining story full of dark humor, fine performances, and some decent twists.

    Lono: Can you guess what these boots are made out of? - Stingray.
    Charlie Barret: Your wearing fish boots?
  • March 4, 2008
    I blind rented this at blockbuster like 620 years ago...it surprised me
  • September 24, 2007
    Walken is amazing. THe rest of film needs some work.
  • August 26, 2007
    Standard film, mediocre, nothing further, worth one watch or two.
  • September 25, 2009
    I bought this movie blind.very good movie,alot of laughs,Denis Leary and Christopher Walken were great in this film.Johnny Galecki was the best though,as a nerd/tightass so funny.Had a great twist.This movie was almost like The Usual Suspects (1995)But just not as good.worth chec...( read more)king out.
  • September 20, 2009
    Quite an entertaining film, with Walken giving one of his best performances. The ending is kinda weird though.
  • September 5, 2009
    Bad move fellas bad move.
  • August 23, 2009
    the movie poster is right - Walken is the force in this movie, being kidnaped and tied up and still playing with his kidnappers ... very entertaining

    but Learys character was great too - he had some great lines, especially liked his toaster monologue

    the kidnappers are just th...( read more)e mice catching a cat and not knowing what to do with it

    there is not much action here, so action junkies won't like it i guess, but if you like a more psichological approach to a kidnapping, spiced up with who the victim is, you should watch this one

    Charlie Barret: "Guys, if I don't bleed to death pretty soon, I'm gonna die of boredom"
  • July 23, 2009
    watchable but not the best movie of the year. I hardly remmember what was happening at the end... maybe just give it a try if you like "gansters" movies.. or walken ;p

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