Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Release Date: 02/07/2006
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DDS2.0/DD5.1
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Jack Nicholson reunited with director
Bob Rafelson, director of
Five Easy Pieces and
The King Of Marvin Gardens, for this violent, downbeat crime drama. Alex (
Jack Nicholson) is a wine dealer whose business is going belly-up, along with his life. His step-son Jason (
Stephen Dorff) hates him, his wife Suzanne (
Judy Davis) has a drinking problem and is the constant target of Alex's abuse, and Alex is having an affair with Gabriella (
Jennifer Lopez), a domestic worker from Cuba. One of the people that Gabriella cleans for has a diamond necklace worth several million dollars locked in a safe in a bedroom. Desperate for a quick score to get himself out of debt, Alex sees a opportunity for a lot of fast money and hooks up with Victor (
Michael Caine), a career criminal who knows how to open safes but is desperately ill with tuberculosis.
Nicholson and
Rafelson first worked together on the film
Head, starring
The Monkees (
Nicholson only had a bit part, but he also wrote the screenplay and was credited with producing the soundtrack album).
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
