Charlie, a reformed ex-con (Billy Zane) now works installing security systems. One day while he's working in a bank, an old prison buddy (James Russo) takes his girl (Mia Sara) hostage because he wants Charlie to help him break into the bank's vault. Although this is a variation on the old villain trying to go straight plot, solid acting by Zane, Russo, Sara and James Coburn keeps the tension high and you have to stick with it to keep up with the crosses and double crosses in an otherwise tired script. Not a great film, but a solid crime thriller nevertheless, gleamingly photographed in suitably noir colours.


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