![]() ![]() It all takes a twisty path leading to another character played by an unbilled Matt Damon, who is excellent here in an extended cameo that helps tie some loose ends together, as Solomon shows he has much more to say than the average movie in this genre - issues involving Detroit’s big car companies and perhaps their own criminal undertakings, facts taken from actual cases circa 1954 where this film takes place. What sounds like a snap gets more complicated than planned and starts coming apart at the seams as screenwriter Ed Solomon’s plot thickens and expands to include a host of others interested in this piece of paper, and the suitcases of cash it inspires for its delivery.Īmong those encountered along the way is another criminal named Frank Capelli (a perfectly cast Ray Liotta), his wife Vanessa (Julia Fox), the local kingpin Aldrich Watkins (a perfect Bill Duke) and his associates, and detective Joe Finney (Jon Hamm) who is on the case as it were. Thus the invasion of the home of Matt Weitz (David Harbour) and terrified wife Mary (Amy Seimetz), and their two kids including a son (Noah Jupe). Jones also brings in a couple of petty crime regulars in Ronald Russo (Benicio Del Toro) and Charley Barnes (Kieran Culkin) essentially to “babysit” the family of the man Goynes must escort to his office to retrieve this document from the boss’ safe. ![]() What makes it such a cool pleasure is its superb ensemble cast, each getting a chance to do their considerable thing including Don Cheadle as Curt Goynes, a small-time criminal just out of prison and looking to get his life together when a mysterious guy known only as Jones (Brendan Fraser) enlists him to pull off a simple job: stealing a document and getting it to the unknown person who desperately wants it.
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