Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he roars off to find his future. Unfortunately, they forgot to get the key they need off the body, so they're chasing him. Meanwhile, a mafia kingpin's daughter is trying to kill the hitman that killed her father, but her grandmother is trying to make peace with the family that hired the hitman, so she and her thugs are trying to stop the daughter. The guy and the daughter get together and experience mayhem on the run from two directions.
Acting
Arquette's feral energy collides with Madsen's laid-back menace.
Writing
Billy Bob Thornton's one-scene wonder as Coldface.
Director
Jeffrey Reiner
Michael Madsen
Harry Talbot
Patricia Arquette
Kit Califano
Gregory Sporleder
Irwin
Paul Ben-Victor
Zand
Billy Bob Thornton
Coldface
Florence Stanley
Grandma Martucci
Seymour Cassel
Santino
Mark Pellegrino
Deputy Roy
Deryl Hayes
Soldier
Carl Ciarfalio
Ted
Vincent Guastaferro
Gordo
Rustam Branaman
Ratman
Patrick Cupo
Rico / Emcee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jeffrey Reiner's feature debut before pivoting to prestige TV like Friday Night Lights and The Affair. The chaotic energy makes sense now.
Released straight-to-video in most markets, it's a time capsule of indie action before Pulp Fiction changed the game—gritty, weird, and completely unbothered by coherence.
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