Made for theatrical release, this too-clever-for-its-own-good thriller debuted on Cinemax, even though it boasts a more prestigious cast and rather more visual panache than the standard blood-and-guts cops-and-robbers programmer. Coco Chavez (Carla Gugino), her boyfriend Junior Armstrong (Simon Baker-Denny), Lizard Browning (Gil Bellows) and Ruben Rubenbauer (Til Schweiger) kidnap young New Orleans millionaire Ben Dyson (Greg Wise). In the process, Coco kills a witness who turns out to be the wife of Senator Rupert Hornbeck (Hal Holbrook). Detective David Friedman (Alan Rickman) and FBI agent Sadie Hawkins (Emma Thompson) are assigned to the case and as soon as Fried...
Released:
1999
Rated:
R
Length:
98 mins