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Plot

In this violent thriller, three young men start a joke that quickly becomes more real (and more dangerous) than they'd ever anticipated. It's 1957, and three high school seniors celebrating their graduation think it would be fun to pull a prank; David (David Arquette), Tim (Jason London), and Joe (Jonah Blechman) will fake a robbery by driving up to a bank, "shooting" one of their number with a blank gun, and throwing him in the trunk before speeding away. But just as they're playing their practical joke, Florence (Mickey Rourke) and Leon (Stephen Baldwin) are pulling an actual armed robbery at the same bank. In the confusion, the boys get mixed up with the real criminals, who take the teenagers hostage. Florence, unstable and given to sadistic tendencies, subjects the boys to torture with a clear homoerotic undercurrent; eventually, Florence and Leon tell the boys they'll release them only if they pull an actual bank job. The boys grudgingly agree, but Tim ends up grabbing window teller Patty (Sheryl Lee) instead of the cash.
MPAA Rating:
for scenes of brutality and violence, strong language and a scene of sexuality.
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Thriller
Run Time:
88min.
DVD Release Date:
07/06/1999
Director(s):
Themes:
Bank Robbery,Kidnapping,Unlikely Criminals
Tone:
Forceful,Gritty,Menacing,Tense
Keywords:
bank,fantasy,graduation,kidnapping,prank,reality,rescue,robbery,teenagers,torture
Language:
English