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Every source lands within 1 point of the others. Scores higher than 72% of the 1,408 2000s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane, and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes66%
Metacritic66/100
636 audience votes
Key crew
- David MametDirector
- Theodore ShapiroOriginal Music Composer
- David MametWriter
Cast
- Gene HackmanJoe Moore
- Danny DeVitoMickey Bergman
- Delroy LindoBobby 'Bob' Blane
- Sam RockwellJimmy Silk
- Rebecca PidgeonFran Moore
- Ricky JayDon 'Pinky' Pincus
- Patti LuPoneBetty Croft
- Alan BilzerianFast Food Customer
- Richard L. FriedmanCounterman
- Robert LussierFast Food Cook
- Mark CamachoJewelry Store Guard
- Michelle SweeneyWaitress
Stills
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Themes
receiving of stolen goodsblackmailbank robbercrook coupleheistdouble crossjewelry heistcriminal gangaging herogold heist