Taglines: How many friends can you trust with your life?
Matty Demaret (Barry Pepper) is the son of a mob boss, but he is used as little more than an errand boy. His relative and friend Chris (Andy Davoli) shares this urge to be part of something bigger, and Matty finally convinces his father to give him a job, with the help of his father’s right-hand man Teddy (John Malkovich). Matty and Chris get their friend Johnny Marbles (Seth Green) to fly up to retrieve a bag full of money for Matty’s father Benny “Chains” Demaret (Dennis Hopper), as there have been mysterious shortages in their money lately.
On the way back with the cash, Marbles stops in a small Montana town to refuel his personal plane. He has been instructed to guard the bag with his life so he takes the bag with him as he goes to pay for the fuel. However, Marbles sees the sheriff & his deputy and is paranoid that they may question him about the bag’s contents.
Marbles is also in possession of cocaine which he dumps on the runway. He drops the bag amongst a pile of luggage waiting to be loaded onto another flight, and despite telling the cashier to keep the change, the other flight takes off before he can retrieve his bag. Unknown to him, the bag of money was taken by two local teenage pothead skateboarders who work as baggage handlers at the airport.
He calls Matty and tells him the news. Matty, though upset, knows that he must fix the situation quickly and quietly if he ever wants to work for his father. Matty, Chris, and their friend Taylor (Vin Diesel) fly to the small town of Wibaux, Montana to help Marbles search for the missing money.
While in town, Matty and the other guys attract the attention of two local law-enforcement officers (Tom Noonan and Shawn Doyle) who find out about the money and want to keep it for themselves. The mob guys then try to negotiate with the officers to get the money back but are turned away. Matty calls Teddy and Teddy arrives in Wibaux with two other mob henchmen.
Knockaround Guys is a 2001 crime drama film starring Barry Pepper, Andy Davoli, Seth Green, Jennifer Baxter, Dennis Hopper, Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Nicholas Pasco, Shawn Doyle, Kris Lemche and Andrew Francis. The film is released on October 11, 2002 in the United States.
Knockaround Guys (2002)
Directed by: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Starring: Barry Pepper, Andy Davoli, Seth Green, Jennifer Baxter, Dennis Hopper, Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Nicholas Pasco, Shawn Doyle, Kris Lemche, Andrew Francis
Screenplay by: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Production Design by: Lester Cohen
Cinematography by: Tom Richmond
Film Editing by: David Moritz
Costume Design by: Beth Pasternak
Set Decoration by: Carolyn ‘Cal’ Loucks
Art Direction by: Kei Ng
Music by: Clint Mansell
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and some drug use.
Distributed by: New Line Cinema
Release Date: October 11, 2002
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