Hen-pecked hit man Melvin Smiley (Mark Wahlberg) is in an ever-tightening bind, juggling relationships with two grasping women (Lela Rochon, Christina Applegate), and letting his scheming colleagues walk all over him because he can't bear to have anyone think he's not a nice guy. He can't even talk back to the obnoxious
nerd from the video store who's harassing him for the return of
King Kong Lives. Melvin lets himself be talked into helping buddies Cisco (Lou Diamond Phillips) and Crunch (Bokeem Woodbine) a cocky quisling and a compulsive onanist, respectively pull off the kidnapping of a millionaire businessman's sexpot daughter (China Chow), ...
Released:
1998
Rated:
R
Length:
93 mins