A frustrated, unemployed teacher joins forces with a scammer and his girlfriend in a blackmailing scheme.
Writing
Rube Goldberg crime plotting where everything connects terribly.
Acting
Schwimmer's desperate sad sack vs. Pegg's unhinged schemer.
Direction
Tight 86 minutes that never lets you breathe.
Director
Jean-Baptiste Andrea
David Schwimmer
Charlie
Simon Pegg
Gus
Alice Eve
Josie McBroom
Natascha McElhone
Penelope Wood
Jon Polito
Agent Hymes
Mimi Rogers
Mrs. Smalls
William Rosenfeld
Deputy Garman
Julian Glover
80 year old Blind Man
Shauna Shim
Melanie 1
Sarah Edmondson
Isabella
Amber Sealey
Call Center Supervisor
Laurence Bouvard
Melanie 2
Colin Stinton
Max
Mitchell Mullen
Reverend Smalls
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean-Baptiste Andrea wrote this after his first film flopped; he wanted to prove he could do American-style noir on a Welsh budget. FREE
This bombed so hard in theaters it became a DVD cult classic, especially among Pegg completists who pretend it doesn't exist. The snowy Oregon setting was actually the Isle of Man. FREE
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