Wednesday 20 January 2016

A Simple Plan (1998 Sam Raimi)

Played straight adaptation by author Scott B Smith in which Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton and Brent Briscoe cover up discovery of $4.4m, then start killing people without a moment's thought, egged on by seemingly placid housewife Bridget Fonda. Had it perhaps been presented as a black comedy we might have given this unbelievable turn of events less scrutiny - as it is the whole thing (including twist ending) could have been accommodated in one of Hitch's half hour shows.

The crow wrangler is good though, and the acting is fine. We recognise Gary Cole from The Good Wife.

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