Classic Friday : A Simple Plan (1998) 8/10

Starring : Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe
Director : Sam Raimi
Running Time : 122 mins

Two brothers find a crashed plane filled with 4.4 million dollars in cash. Theorising that the cash belonged to a drug dealer and that keeping it would be a victimless crime, the trio decide to keep the money and wait for the plane to be discovered to see if any mention of the missing cash is made. But it isn't long before paranoia starts to set in, and the group begin to suspect the others of trying to diddle them out of their fair share.

Although not as good as the book, this is a pretty good movie that acts as a case study about how money can change the behaviour of people. The characters here get into all sorts of scrapes and commit numerous crimes that, if not for the money, they would otherwise have never thought twice about. Some good character acting, particularly from Thornton who is very weird in this.

You’ll like this if you liked : Fargo

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