Robert Anton Movies
Absolutely nobody is who he or she seems in this stylish thriller about a guy who wants to get out of his fly-speck hometown, the girlfriend who wants to help him, and the successful friend who just might make it possible. When Bryce (Josh Brolin) returns to his tiny hometown of Tropico, NV, he finds pal Nick (Alessandro Nivola) still living there unhappily. One night the pair meets a beautiful blonde at the bar and eventually Bryce takes her back to the house where he's staying. When the girl, Lissa (Reese Witherspoon), reveals that she's under age and threatens to turn Bryce in for statutory rape, he panics, ties her up in the basement, and puts in an anguished call to Nick. Little does Bryce realize, however, that Lissa is actually Nick's very grown-up girlfriend, and that the two lovers have decided Bryce and the ritzy house where he's staying will play a major role in their bid to leave behind dead-end Tropico forever. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alessandro Nivola, Father Terrance Sweeney, (more)
Two men on the wrong side of the law find their shifting alliances put them in grave danger in this crime drama. A.K. (Casper Van Dien) and Ray (Rick Fox) are a pair of strong-arm men collecting debts in New York City for a powerful gangster based in New Orleans. But they soon discover there is plenty of high-stakes action in New York, as they get sidetracked from their original assignment by a project of their own. As A.K. and Ray try to outrun Hackman (Daniel Pilon), a top New York Police Department detective, and Bailey (Catherine Oxenberg), a beautiful but ruthless cop with an agenda of her own, they find that they're also under the gun of their boss' other enforcers. Star Casper Van Dien and leading lady Catherine Oxenberg wed the same year The Collectors was released; they also starred in another film together that same year, The Omega Code. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Casper Van Dien, Rick Fox, (more)
