Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn't his wife - it's blackmail. Leo's bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoid Moose (Bruno's huge enforcer), send Gloria's corpse out of England, turn the tables on Bruno's murderous brother Caspar, and outfox Lily. Or is Lily his fox? It's a three-ring circus.
Acting
Famke Janssen's ice-cold calculations vs. Hannah's sweaty desperation
Writing
Every double-cross earns its reveal through careful setup
Direction
Rob Walker keeps six scams airborne without dropping tension
Director
Rob Walker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eddie Izzard improvised most of Troy's bookie monologues, including the bizarre horse-racing asides.
Released straight-to-video in the US after test audiences couldn't handle morally bankrupt protagonists with no redemption arc—peak 2000 studio cowardice.
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