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Summary
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
Good for
- Friends night
- Background watch
- Pure escapism
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+19)
Critics 31Audiences 50GoodWatch 41
Metascore37
Tomatometer25%
IMDb5.8
User score5.8
Letterboxd · 23 K ratings2.7/5
Audience score28%
Box office
77%of its budget back
- Budget
- $42 M
- Worldwide
- $32 M
Worldwide it made back $32 M of the $42 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 44 min
A typical length for thrillers
typical 104104Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 54 more
Released
2000
February 25, 2000
26 years ago
Genres
ThrillerActionCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchBackground WatchPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 24 more34 people
- Ben AffleckRudy Duncan
- Charlize TheronAshley Mercer
- Gary SiniseGabriel Mercer
- Dennis FarinaJack Banks
- Clarence Williams IIIMerlin
- Danny TrejoJumpy
- Donal LoguePug
- James FrainNick Cassidy
Isaac HayesZock
Ashton KutcherCollege Kid- DSDana StubblefieldThe Alamo
Tom HeatonUgly Staffer
Hrothgar MathewsExit Guard
Mark AchesonMean Guard
Enuka OkumaCocktail Waitress #1- MSMichael SunczykDistant Inmate #1
Douglas ArthursDistant Inmate #2
Dean WrayGuard #1- RSRon SauvéGuard #2
Ron JeremyPrisoner #1
Lonny ChapmanOld Timer
Robyn DriscollDesk Clerk
Alonso OyarzunCasino Dealer
Ron PerkinsIce Fisherman
Directing · 3
- John Frankenheimer Director
- Marty Katz Second Unit Director, Producer
- Angela Allen Script Supervisor
Writing · 1
- Ehren Kruger Writer
Production · 12
- Harvey Weinstein Executive Producer
- Andrew Rona Executive Producer
- Cary Granat Executive Producer
- Bob Weinstein Producer
- Chris Moore Producer
- Denise Doyle Casting
Camera · 1
- Alan Caso Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Michael Kahn Editor
- Antony Gibbs Editor
Sound · 6
- Alan Silvestri Original Music Composer
- Randy Thom Sound Designer
- Mike Le Mare Supervising Sound Editor
- Patrick Lussier Music Consultant
- Kenneth Karman Music Editor
- Daniel DiPrima Music Editor
Art · 4
- Barbara Dunphy Set Designer, Production Design
- Helen Jarvis Art Direction
- Eric Fraser Art Direction
- Elizabeth Wilcox Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 8
- May Routh Costume Design
- Sherry Linder-Gygli Hair Department Head
- Victoria Down Makeup Department Head
- Crist Ballas Prosthetic Makeup Artist
- Charles Porlier Makeup Artist
- Deborah K. Larsen Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 4
- Bruce Nicholson Visual Effects Supervisor
- Brad Kuehn Visual Effects Supervisor
- Crystal Dowd Visual Effects Producer
- Michael Joyce Modelling Supervisor
Other crew · 9
- Joe Dunne Stunt Coordinator
- Brett Armstrong Stunts
- Owen Walstrom Stunts
- Rick Pearce Stunts
- Randy Spendlove Executive Music Producer
- Randy Lee Stunts
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