Samuel L Jackson does a favour for a friend, looks for a missing daughter, and finds himself with a bunch of whackos about to commit a robbery. They include Stellan Skarsgaard, Joss Ackland, Mila Jovovich... and Jackson might've had more fun in those parts than a more conventional leading man role.
This was dull. I wanted it to be fun. Maybe it would've worked at 70 mins at Warner Bros or RKO in black and white with their stock company. The cast was good enough. Everyone hams it up. I don't know it just annoyed me I got bored.
Based on a Dashiell Hammett short story.
Was Rafelson a good director? He was a good producer - look at The Monkees, BBS. He had an eye for talent - Bogdanovich, Jack Nicholson, Sally Field in a different role, Jessica Lange in a different role, Arnie, Laslo Kovacs. Maybe the life went out of him after Mountains of the Moon.
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