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James Woods is “at his cold-blooded best” and Brian Dennehy shines in “one of the very best roles hes ever had” (Variety) in this “captivating and mesmerizing psychological thriller” (The Hollywood Reporter) in which trusting your partner can be as deadly as trusting your enemy. After years of loyal service, professional assassin Cleve (Woods) has been let go by the corporate empire he helped build. Now he wants revenge in a tell-all book. From different sides of the law and opposing ends of the moral spectrum, Cleve and best-selling author Dennis Meechum (Dennehy) forman unusual partnership. But when Meechum’s daughter is kidnapped by Cleve’s former employer, Meechum discovers exactly what kind of man he’s been partnered with as he’s pulled into an explosive confrontation that will leave only one of them standing!Amazon.com
This formula mystery-thriller is enlivened by the give-and-take chemistry between the tough, phlegmatic Brian Dennehy and the acid-tongued, fast-talking James Woods. Dennehy is an ex-cop turned crime novelist with a string of bestsellers to his credit. He is approached by Woods, who wants him to collaborate on a book about Woods’s career as hit man for a prominent businessman, who has always maintained a scrubbed façade of uprightness. Though the plot becomes predictable, this Laurel-and-Hardy pairing yields unexpected treats, as a criminal teaches a former cop a thing or two about police work, not to mention literature. –Marshall Fine
