Themes: Bank Robbery, Hostage Situations, Unlikely Criminals
Main Cast: Dean Cain, Andy Dick, Sean Patrick Flanery, Mitchell Whitfield, Luke Wilson
Release Year: 1998
Country: US
Run Time: 89 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Former music-video director Tamra Davis (Guncrazy) created strong characters in this bank-robbery tale, a crime/comedy/drama somewhat reminiscent of the anti-establishment attitudes seen in early '70s films. After three years in a California prison, Jesse (Luke Wilson) is ready to marry his girlfriend Hope (Drew Barrymore) in the town of Independence (the original working title of this film). Joining Jesse is a odd assortment -- the buzzcut ex-Green-Beret Buzz (Dean Cain); ex-lawyer Sol (Mitchell Whitfield); geeky Teddy (Andy Dick); and Shakespeare-quoting Billy (Sean Patrick Flanery), aka Hamlet on the FBI's most-wanted list. Then they're off to the wedding. Billy, however, asks to be dropped off at a nearby bank, and after it's evident that Billy is pulling off another Hamlet heist, the others join him inside. Billy's father, Sheriff Phillips (Fred Ward), up for re-election, begins hostage negotiations, but the media arrives, along with psycho FBI agent Hoover (Raymond J. Barry) and his partner Carter (Art Edler Brown). Wearing her wedding dress, Hope goes inside the bank. Soon various friends and locals gather outside to offer support as the hostages take the side of their captors. In addition to portraying agent Carter, Art Edler Brown is the film's co-producer and co-scripter. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Fred Ward - Sheriff Bud Phillips; Raymond J. Barry - Agent Hoover; Drew Barrymore - Hope; Brad Dourif - Lt. John G. (Gonzo) Coleman; Tracy Fraim - Cuervo; Biff Yeager - Mayor Boar; Art Edler Brown - Agent Carter; K.K. Dodds - Cindy Vargas; Jeff Phillips; Kathryn Joosten; Dee Maaske; Cal Gibson; David Wells
Credit
Kimberly Davis - Casting, Tracy Fraim - Co-producer, Art Edler Brown - Co-producer, Sheryl Schwartz - Co-producer, Tony Adler - First Assistant Director, Tamra Davis - Director, Paul Trejo - Editor, Jeffrey D. Ivers - Executive Producer, Christopher Buchanan - Executive Producer, Mark Mothersbaugh - Composer (Music Score), Toby Corbett - Production Designer, James Glennon - Cinematographer, Brad Jenkel - Producer, Steven Stabler - Producer, Brad Krevoy - Producer, Debra Ridpath - Producer, Peter Bentley - Sound/Sound Designer, Jim Wilkey - Stunts Coordinator, Tracy Fraim - Screenwriter, Art Edler Brown - Screenwriter
Jesse Reilly was released from prison and he is to be married to Hope. Shortly before the wedding he is involved in a bank robbery with his friends Buzz Thomas, Teddy Pollack and Billy Phillips. It escalates to a hostage crisis, and the FBI is called. In an exchange of fire, a few men are shot. Hope and Jesse are then rescued by John G. Coleman in a helicopter.
In the last scene, Jesse and Hope are shown raising their son.
Trivia
The GMC New Look which was used for the chase scene was the same bus used in the 1994 action film Speed, the number 2525 is still displayed.
