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Plot

Prime Suspect 4 and Inspector Morse director John Madden comes back to the world of crime after a brief foray into romance with Shakespeare in Love and Captain Corelli's Mandolin with this adaptation of pulp icon Elmore Leonard's novel concerning a real estate agent and her husband (Thomas Jane) who become the targets of two relentless mafia hitmen. When real estate agent Carmen Colson (Diane Lane) catches a glimpse of a hitman named the Blackbird (Mickey Rourke) as he carries out a job, a subsequent request for her to testify against the aging gun for hire soon lands both Carmen and her husband, Wayne (Thomas Jane), in the Witness Protection Program. Blackbird isn't a man who likes to leave loose ends when it comes to his work, though, and now as the seasoned assassin and his psychotic partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) attempt to catch the couple in their crosshairs, Carmen and Wayne are going to need much more than a few federal agents to make it out of increasingly deadly situation alive.
MPAA Rating:
R for violence, language and brief nudity.
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama
Run Time:
84min.
Theatrical Release Date:
01/23/2009
DVD Release Date:
05/26/2009
Distributor(s):
MGM
Director(s):
John Madden
Starring:
Denzel Washington , Diane Lane , Clive Owen , Mickey Rourke , Jodie Foster
Themes:
Witnessing a Crime,Witness Protection,Hired Killers
Tone:
Gritty,Menacing,Quirky
Keywords:
Witness-Protection-Program,extortion,hitman,real-estate-agent
Country of Origin:
USA - Limited (01-23-2009)
Language:
English