Adam Trese, Alison Elliot, Alison Elliott

Michael Chambers returns home to celebrate his mother's marriage. Michael had been ousted from his home town due to his gambling indiscretions and had left his wife to deal with the mess he created. H...( read more  read more... )e now must reassimulate back into the town, renew his relationships with his family and friends (and enemies) and, most-of-all, seek out his ex-wife to woo her again. In the process, he obtains a job working with his mother's new husband as an armored car driver. He almost seems the perfect prodigal son as he finds his niche back in the community and his way back into his ex's heart. His troubles surmount when he and his wife are caught in the act by her hoodlum boyfriend/fiancée. To get out of this predicament, Michael must concoct a plan to heist of a payroll being carried by his armored car company.

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Release Date: April 28, 1995

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DVD Release Date: November 17, 1998

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  • January 9, 2007
    A not-so-bad remake of an excellent film noir. If you're a Soderbergh fan, it might do something for you, but if not, seek out the original, Criss Cross.
  • February 24, 2006
    Influenced by some branch of genius.
  • July 9, 2008
    Solid Film Noir from Soderbergh, using some unique camera techniques.
  • March 17, 2008
    Another inriguing early effort from Soderbergh. His unconventional narrative in Traffic, started here. Great visuals with some strong performances.
  • January 7, 2008
    steven soderdberg, between his debut with sex lies and videotape and his studio movie out of sight 1989--1998, he seemed forgotton but was bring ing out interesting stuff, this being one of them, peter gallagher is a security guard,driver, living his day working a crummy job deli...( read more)vering other peoples money, so hatches a plan to just steal it,, soderdberg handles things well, a jumped up time frame keeps things interesting, its welldirected and a film of little budget, but this is where he is most at home, looking at his other films like traffic and the full frontal, youll know wat i mean, a great little crime caper, gallagher and it seems underused in hollywood, elizebeth shue, its no suprise after out of sight, soderdberg went down a level with the limey, although out of sight is a masterpiece, this and limey shows his true calling, little edgy indies, and if he wants to do a oceans eleven twelve or thirteen thats fine by me
  • July 22, 2007
    I really good crime thriller, with a nice back story leading up too the main story...the heist.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Why did Soderbergh want to remake an old film noir, anyway? Take out the crime elements and flesh out the human elements here, and you have a more interesting movie, I think. full review

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