Morally correct Hank wants to hand the money in and collect any reward, if there is one. Lou and Jacob whom are both out of work see this as retirement and want to keep the money. "You work for the American Dream, you don't steal it." Exclaims Hank, although he is soon going back on that when he comes up with a plan. The plan is simple (hence the name of the film). He will keep the money till the Spring when they are sure that the plane will be found, if (when it is) there is no mention of the money, then they will distribute it three ways and leave town never to return.

I do generally like Sam Raimi's work, most people are aware the "The Evil Dead" and there as yet undiscovered tribes in the Amazon basin that know of Spiderman, so I thought this was a good choice as a movie to watch. But (I was soon to discover) this is not like his normal fare, at least not in terms of the other Raimi movies that I have seen, these have been more on a horror or fantasy level (the aforementioned Evil Dead, Spiderman etc), although in saying that all the films that I have seen do tend to have one thing in common, and that is that they portray normal people that end up doing things that they would not normally do, and in that sense A Simple Plan is a classic Raimi film. I don't know if this is a theme through ALL of his movies.

For the most part the acting is pretty good. I say this because there were some points in the movie where I thought "come on now, you would not do that". This being mainly from Bill Paxton whom I've never been a massive fan of (except in Aliens), he starts as the moral high point in the movie trying to counter the initial greed of his slightly simple brother Jacob and the foul drunkard Lou, however as the movie progresses it is HIS character along with his wife Sarah that seem more willing to do anything in an attempt to ensure that they keep the money, even to the point of breaking almost all of the conditions that he himself laid down at the beginning, we see him slide away from his good side and further along the path of corruption and greed.

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Not a film for people who likes lots of action, it has a relatively slow build-up showing normal people who get pulled into doing monstrous things, if you can get past the first hour you will be left with a fairly well made but average movie. I have chosen no as a recomendation and i mean no as a purchase, I do recommended for rental.