Two British conmen in Chicago are mistaken for hired hitmen by mobsters wanting to rub out a rival gangster. Keen to make a fast buck, they pretend they are the hitmen but soon find they get more than they bargained for when the real ones turn up.
Acting
Pete Postlethwaite's mob boss steals every scene.
Writing
British sarcade meets Chicago crime clichés.
Director
John Bradshaw
Neil Morrissey
Pete Maynard
Donnie Wahlberg
Terry Malloy
Adrian Dunbar
Andy Jarrett
Claire Forlani
Emma Cutler
Amanda Plummer
Penny Archer
Pete Postlethwaite
Ben Cutler
Michael Rapaport
Tommy O'Brian
Louis Di Bianco
Franco D'Amico
Bill MacDonald
Boots
Saul Rubinek
Jazzer
Shawn Lawrence
Roger Deschamps
Peter Mensah
Boxer
James Collins
Johnny
Rosalba Martinni
Maid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Pete Postlethwaite's final roles before his death in 2011, and he reportedly took it specifically to work with Amanda Plummer.
The film epitomizes that bizarre early-2000s trend of British actors playing criminals in American settings — see also Snatch, Lock Stock, but with significantly worse reviews.
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