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Twisty caper drama written and directed by David Mamet
about three men and a woman (Gene Hackman, Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay and Rebecca Pidgeon)
who plan one last heist after being swindled, by a more unscrupulous thief (Danny DeVito),
out of their cut of a previous robbery. Also with Sam Rockwell and Patti Lupone. [1:47]
SEX/NUDITY 4 - A man tears open a woman's dress, kisses her neck
passionately and they apparently have sex although nothing is shown (she appears shocked
but does not appear to resist). A woman is shown in revealing outfits several times; a
halter dress shows her bare back, shoulders and thighs, and a pair of shorts shows part of
her buttocks. A man and woman share several glances suggesting something sexual. There is
quite a bit of sexual innuendo with references to why a woman is with an older man;
references to a man's physical endowment, references to infidelity.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - There is a gunfight on a pier which leaves 4-5 men shot to
death and two men shot and injured (one wounded man is rolled into the water presumably to
drown, another man has a very bloody face and is badly wounded and a man shoots him at
point blank range with a shotgun). A man is threatened by holding his young niece hostage;
she is released and he is shot (this happens behind a closed door, but we hear the shot).
There's a fight with several men shoving, punching and kicking each other. A man shoves a
man against a wall while the victim draws a gun and shoots three times breaking some glass
in an office, and the aggressor then knocks him to the ground and punches and kicks him. A
man walks into a street, is hit by a car, tossed on the hood and rolls off onto the
ground. A man hits a man on the back of the head and he falls to the ground unconscious. A
man punches a man in the stomach and he groans and falls to the ground, a man punches a
woman in the face (we see a bruise and a scratch on her cheek), a man is threatened for
information (we see some dried blood on his face suggesting he's been beaten), a woman is
tasered and falls limp, a man takes another man's gun and points it at him, a man slaps a
man in the face and kicks him in the stomach. A man walks through a dark warehouse after
hearing a noise, he sneaks up behind a shadowy figure, kicks him, grabs him and holds a
gun to his head. A man threatens a man with a gun, fires it and punches and kicks the man
several times (we see him tied up on the floor). Several bodies are seen in a jewelry
store after the people have ingested coffee laced with a knock-out drug. A gas canister is
thrown into the cockpit of a plane and we see the crew struggling to get out, but they are
overcome. A van is driven recklessly, nearly runs into a semi and drives off the road. A
man talks about a man having been shot in the face. A bomb explodes in a garbage can and a
bomb explodes blowing up a airport runway shack (both as diversions). Two police officers
hold guns on two people, and there are a couple of other scenes when people are threatened
with guns. A van chases an airplane and cuts it off on a runway. Men break glass display
cases in a jewelry store to get at the jewels. There are several verbal threats between
characters. Two men yell at each other abusively, a man yells at a police officer, a woman
yells into a telephone. There are many tense moments during the robbery scenes when the
crew is nearly caught.
PROFANITY 10 - 64 F-words and its derivations, 9 scatological terms, 4
sexual references, 8 anatomical terms, 19 mild obscenities, 3 insults, 1 derogatory term
for Jews, 10 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Infidelity, double-crossing, theft, love, greed.
MESSAGE - The love of gold makes the world go around.
(Note: Several characters are shown smoking throughout the film and some are shown
drinking alcohol in a bar.)
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