Main Cast: David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, John Leguizamo, Ving Rhames, Donnie Wahlberg
Release Year: 1998
Country: US
Run Time: 85 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
After the low-budget Squeeze (1996), Boston director Robert Patton-Spruill climbed to a higher plateau by assembling a strong cast of top names for this art-heist actioner, but even so, the film went straight to video in the USA. Four men botch a Boston art museum theft, blaming Latino Chino (John Leguizamo) for the death of group leader Crane (Forest Whitaker). Security-systems expert Pike (Ving Rhames) wants to get to Miami to sell the stolen paintings solo, but eroding trust keeps the group together as Pike, Chino, driver Hobbs (David Caruso), and Booker (Donnie Wahlberg) travel south through Maryland and West Virginia. An argument between Booker and Hobbs ends with Booker's death, so Hobbs then turns his attention to baiting Chino, while flashbacks recap the original robbery plan. Then suddenly the road movie veers in another direction as the gang gives a lift to a woman (Linda Fiorentino) sporting a black eye after a car crash. Forest Whitaker is seen only in the flashbacks. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Forest Whitaker - Crane; Terry Loughlin - SWAT Commander Rollins
Credit
Christi Robbins - Casting, Pauline White - Costume Designer, David Wechsler - First Assistant Director, Robert Patton-Spruill - Director, Timothy J. Eckel - Second Unit Director, Richard Nord - Editor, Carl Mazzocone - Executive Producer, Curt Sobel - Composer (Music Score), Timothy J. Eckel - Production Designer, Charles Mills - Cinematographer, Mark Burg - Producer, Doug McHenry - Producer, George Jackson - Producer, Thomas G. Varga - Sound/Sound Designer, John Copeman - Stunts Coordinator, Theodore Witcher - Screenwriter
