Charlie (Mickey Rourke) wants to be a good person. But he has a soft spot for his immature cousin Paulie (Eric Roberts), even when Paulie's bad decisions blow back on him. Case in point: after Charlie is fired from managing a restaurant for turning a blind eye to Paulie's thievery, Charlie still backs Paulie when the latter tells him about an easy score. Paulie knows a trucking company that holds its cash deposits in an old safe over the weekend, and sure enough, a decent safecracker can open it. What Paulie doesn't mention, however, is that the safe and the trucking company belong to Bed Bug Eddie Grant (Burt Young), a local mobster. Now Charlie has to do enough thinking for the both of them in order to get out alive.
I hated nearly every minute of this movie. I hated the hammy, stereotypical characters, the glacial pacing, and complete lack of resolution. The only thing I didn't hate was Geraldine Page as the mother of one of the crooked cops. She was a powerhouse and totally wasted in this film. There are great mob movies. There are great heist movies. This is neither. But I will say this is the youngest (and dumbest) I've ever seen Eric Roberts. It's currently streaming on HBO Max but do not waste your time on it.
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