Jake Vig is a consummate grifter about to pull his biggest con yet, one set to avenge his friend's murder. But his last scam backfired, leaving him indebted to a mob boss and his enforcer.
| By the numbers con game made good by the very great performances of Dustin Hoffman , Rachel Weisz and Ed Burns
A mediocre script that is saved by the performances of its actors. Ed Burns does pretty good job as the lead in this film and Dustin Hoffman whose brief appearance here shows how a true legend works. Rachel Weisz makes this film a lot of fun with her performance as a sexy female con, and Andy Garcia continues to make himself into one of the great character actors of our generation. The big problem this movie has is its script, and the plot holes and continuity problems that come with it. You can tell that the story really was not though out well, and you can see the rewrites in some of the scenes in the film. Maybe if the script were more though out, we would have had a better movie than we have here right now.
Erotica
Performed by Madonna
Written by Madonna, Shep Pettibone and Tony Shimkin (as Anthony Shimkin)
Published by Shepsongs, Inc. (ASCAP)/WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) o/b/o itself and Webo Girl Publishing,
Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products