
Two Limey petty crooks in Chicago end up with the money meant for an assassin's contract to kill a mob boss. They decide to hang around and get some more money and maybe fulfill the contract. The client doesn't know the killers. What they don't know is, that the mob boss shot the last two assassins, who tried to kill him.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two Limey petty crooks in Chicago end up with the money meant for an assassin's contract to kill a mob boss. They decide to hang around and get some more money and maybe fulfill the contract. The client doesn't know the killers. What they don't know is, that the mob boss shot the last two assassins, who tried to kill him.
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| User ReviewAddison Pnot bad and looks good, nice cast very well done story |
| User ReviewRyan RConsistently funny and smart comedy film is powered by the brilliant performance of Neil Morrissey. |
| User ReviewPrivate UFunny little film with an odd but interesting plot. I like Michael Rapaport and of course Pete Postlethwaite is one of the best in the business. |
| User ReviewMichael KThis one was not too bad, characters were ok, and it was a bit of fun. DVR it if you see it coming around on TV but I wouldn't necessarily rush to the video store for it! |
| User ReviewJobber JA pretty good film filled with well-known second fiddles. |
| User ReviewSteve MTriggermen Starring: Neil Morrissey, Adrian Dunbar, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Rappaport, Clair Forlani, and Pete Postlethwaite Director: John Bradshaw Two small-time English thieves (Morrissey and Dunbar) come to Chicago in search of a big score, but instead find themselves mistaken for a pair of hitmen contracted to kill a mob boss who wants to retire (Postlethwaite). They take the payment and intend to run with the cash before they have to make good on the hit... but first they want to live it up a little. Meanwhile, the real killers (Wahlberg and Rappaport) are staying in the same hotel, waiting for their contact to provide them with cash and instructions. The situation becomes even more complicated when one of the assassins (who is also hoping to retire from his life of violent crime) meets and instantly falls in love with a woman (Forlani) who turns out to be the mob boss' daughter. Professional intergrity and mob codes of honor dictate that [i]someone[/i] will have to be dead when the confusion and mistaken identies are sorted out. "Triggermen" is an amusing crime comedy that will appeal first and foremost of fans of Donald Westlake novels and those who enjoy films like "Snatch" and "A Fish Called Wanda." Like in Westlake's best books, we stay involved with the story in "Triggermen" because all the main characters are very likable, despite the fact they're virtually all hardcore criminals, and because of the ever-escalating difficulties some of them find themselves in. "Triggermen" doesn't bring anything new to this type of movie, but the acting and scripting is good enough to make it a worthwhile film nonetheless. It could even have been a Seven Tomato film if it had been slightly quicker in its pace. Once all the players in the drama and confusion have been introduced, the film seems to lose its way in a meandering second act. |
| User ReviewGreg WCute crime flick and it has Pete Postlethwaite. Nuf said. |
| User ReviewDavid SThis "Snatch" & "True Romance" wannabe isn't *that* bad, there is the occasional funny line and ironic twist of fate that *might* catch the viewer off guard, yet the events are simply too similar to the aforementioned films, as well as others, to make it all that involving... We've seen this all before, done better in other films I might add, and thus I simply can't really recommend this film to many as its so derivative of others. Possibly fans of the cast may want to rent this, but let's be honest... this isn't much of a cast (I haven't even *heard* of most of these guys). |
| User ReviewDanielle SWas very boring for the most part, didn't have very many redeeming qualities. |
| User ReviewChristie Bits been a while since ive seen this movie, but it was cute but not the best movie in the world. not enough action or enough killing. |