Cosmo, an affectless mob bookie who lives in the basement of a retirement home, is promoted to hitman. He learns his new trade from Steve, a seasoned killer. He falls in love with a yoga teacher, Jasmine, and must figure out a way to leave the mob so they can be together.
Acting
Jason Priestley's unblinking deadpan is career-best weird.
Writing
Wallace Wolodarsky's script treats murder like bad middle management.
Direction
Balances genuine threat with genuine laughs without winking.
Director
Wallace Wolodarsky
Jason Priestley
Cosmo Reif
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Jasmine
Janeane Garofalo
Honey
Robert Loggia
Gordon
Peter Riegert
Steve
Josh Charles
Randy
David Anthony Higgins
Lance
Jay Kogen
John
Anne Carroll
Receptionist
Buck McDancer
Fleeing Man
Marcos A. Ferraez
Man with Uzi
Gilbert Rosales
Man with Briefcase
Jim Turner
Doctor
Michael J. Fox
Tim Alexander
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wallace Wolodarsky co-wrote several early Simpsons episodes; this was his directorial debut. You can feel that DNA in the precise anti-comedy timing.
Released in the shadow of Pulp Fiction, this bombed commercially but became a VHS staple for people who found Tarantino too cool and wanted their crime stories deeply, deliberately uncool.
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