Advantages: cinematography, billy bob thornton Disadvantages: slow, some unbelievable moments
...Mitchell (Bill Paxton) works at a Mill in a small Midwest town and Winter has fully settled in when he visits his parent's grave with his brother, Jacob (Billy-Bob Thornton) and Lou (Brent Briscoe) who is a friend of Jacobs. On the way back home a fox (Which looks in a lot better condition than any fox you will see in the UK) runs out in front of the truck and they have a minor accident. Both Jacob and Lou set off to get the fox and Hank tags along ... ...they discover a crash site; a small plane is covered with snow, its pilot dead at the controls. After making their way inside they find a bag with money in it, lots of money, $4.4 million in fact.
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 ...
sjp1966 02.10.2007
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Advantages: Brilliant performances, great twists, perfectly executed in every way Disadvantages: The title isn't catchy enough
...was critically acclaimed but not a big money-maker. It's title isn't very catchy, there were no huge stars in it, it was made by a director famous for schlock horror films like the Evil Dead trilogy and it was released around the same time as The Mask Of Zorro. Which film would you rather see?
Yet now that it is on DVD it has begun to gain a following, perhaps not as big as The Shawshank Redemption but still enough to sell a lot of copies and give ... ...never leave you and is a movie that regularly crops up during conversations.
The story itself is simple: Three friends (two of them brothers) find money in a plane crash and decide to hide it instead of give it to the local authorities. Things get worse when they find that the money belongs to the mob.
This whole film is in fact a morality tale but told in such a brilliant way (convoluted but easy to follow) that it goes into a class of its own.
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hollerme 24.06.2007
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