Nobody wears beige to a bank robbery
Watching something-or-other on DVD, I caught a preview for The Hard Easy, an odd mix of good and bad casting in a straight-to-video crime thriller from 2005 (Henry Thomas, Bruce Dern, Peter Weller; David Boreanaz, Vera Farmiga, Nick Lachey, Gary Busey). The central conceit rang a bell immediately, but the preview made it hard to tell whether the setup was the main story or just a particularly dramatic scene.
IMDb research reveals that the scene in question is in fact the crux of the film:
Plot Outline: Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Jon Lindstrom, keep your screenplay credit, but that story credit rightfully goes to Woody Allen. Congratulations, you remade the bank gag from Take the Money and Run.
IMDb research reveals that the scene in question is in fact the crux of the film:
Plot Outline: Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Jon Lindstrom, keep your screenplay credit, but that story credit rightfully goes to Woody Allen. Congratulations, you remade the bank gag from Take the Money and Run.
Labels: hard easy, take the money and run
