A dark comedy about an eclectic group of strangers invited to a downtown bar by a mutual ex-lover, Nikki Franklyn, a maddeningly sexy, unpredictable and possibly insane young woman who's recently gotten out of prison for murdering her last ex-boyfriend. The party really gets started when Nikki herself arrives, hauling her latest lover and fiancee, the morally challenged lawyer who'd been handling her case. She's mysterious about her intentions and her current and former lovers soon realize they are all caught in one of her brilliant, mischievous mind-games with possible deadly consequences. By the night's end, revenge will be had, new romance will bloom, and Nikki will have delivered on her reputation as the Sexy Evil Genius.
Acting
Katee Sackhoff's unhinged charisma holds the whole room hostage.
Writing
Dialogue that thinks it's smarter than you—and sometimes is.
Production
Single-location tension that makes a bar feel like a trap.
Director
Shawn Piller
Seth Green
Zachary Newman
Michelle Trachtenberg
Miranda Prague
Harold Perrineau
Marvin Coolidge
Katee Sackhoff
Nikki Franklyn
William Baldwin
Bert Mayfaire
Anthony Michael Hall
Mark Von Dutch
Nora Kirkpatrick
Abby
Adam Daniel
Officer Cramer
Alix Elizabeth Gitter
Chatty Girl
Chad Guerrero
Totally Untrustworthy Looking Gangster #1
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Katee Sackhoff's deliberate pivot from sci-fi hero (Starbuck) to unhinged femme fatale, and she reportedly did her own casting lobbying.
The entire film was shot in 11 days on a single bar set repurposed from a failed TV pilot, which explains the theatrical, pressure-cooker structure.
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