Movies We Watch

There is a quote from MASH given by Henry Blake one of the times that Klinger is trying to get out of the Army for family issues. “One half of the family dead, the other half pregnant.” That sort of reminds me a bit of this film by the end. Half the family dead, the other half put the gun to their heads.

The film stars two favorites: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawk. I don’t believe either have been in a light comedic film in years though. This was of course not a light film. Hoffman comes up with a plot to rob his parent’s jewelry story, convinces Hawk to do the actual deed and things go from bad to worse from there. These guys both appear to be major losers because of some really crappy decisions they have made, including embezzelment, adultery, unpaid child support, and drug use. And one robbery is suppose to make it all better. For these guys that is sort of like saying you have terminal cancer, but a vitamin would make all the difference.

Good film, not happy. Pretty much a Sidney Lumet film. Great characters, but not good people.

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Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.