Psst - This section contains some inside trivia about the film
Quotes - Good One Liners from the movie
Oops - Goofs from the movie
Director – David Cronenberg
Screenplay – John Wagner, Vince Locke and John Olson.
Tom Stall(Viggo Mortensen) is your average American living in a small town in Indiana with his Wife Edie(Maria Bello) and kids Sarah(Heidi Hayes) and Jack(Ashton Holmes). He is running an eatery and is quite popular in theneighbourhood. One night when he foils an armed robbery in his restaurant and in self defense shoots the 2 muggers, he becomes an overnight hero. But soon his past catches with Him. Philadelphia Gangster Carl Fogarty(Ed Harris) comes to his restaurant and makes him remember his past. His past, which Tom, has long forgotten and buried. Very Simple Story and extremely fast. The movie ends before your jaws open wide. Good acting by everyone and alternative cinema at its best. Worth a watch for movie buffs. Watch out for some very disturbing violent scenes.
Psst – 1) The Movie is set in a fictitious town of Millbrook in Indiana, USA. The name was derived from a place of the same name in Canada where the shooting of the film had taken place.
2) The makeout scene on the stairs was very real and Maria Bello had hurt herself.
Quotes
1) “Oh, he knows Carl Fogarty all right. He knows me intimately. - See? This isn’t a completely dead eye, it still works a bit. The problem is, the only thing I can see with it is Joey Cusack, and it can see right through him, right through your husband, Edie, see what’s inside him, what makes him tick, - he’s still the same guy, he’s still crazy fing Joey! And you know it, don’t you?”
2) “I remember the moment I knew you were in love with me. I saw it in your eyes. I can still see it.”
3) “If I rob Mulligan’s pharmacy, are you going to ground me if I don’t give you a piece of the action? If I go to Sam about you, will you have me whacked?”
4) “In this family, we do not solve problems by hitting people; No, in this family, we shoot them.”
5) “Jesus, Richie.”
Oops
Didn’t notice any. PS – I would like to thank IMDB.com for providing the inputs about the trivia section.