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Actors: Patti LuPone (actress), Todd Grossman (producer), Nick Nolte (actor), Emily D. Haley (actress), Wendell Pierce (actor), Jennifer Lopez (actress), Clifton Collins Jr. (actor), Michael Chiklis (actor), Billy Slaughter (actor), Jason Statham (actor), Bobby Cannavale (actor), John Archer Lundgren (actor), Elton LeBlanc (actor), Taylor Hackford (director), Taylor Hackford (producer),
Plot: Parker is a thief who has an unusual code. He doesn't steal from the poor and hurt innocent people. He is asked to join 4 other guys one of whom is related to a known mobster. They pull off the job flawlessly and Parker wants to part ways with them. But because he refused to join them for another job they try to kill him. They dispose of his body but someone finds him and he is still alive and takes him to the hospital. After recovering he sets out to get back at the ones who tried to kill him, another one of his codes. He learns where they are and poses as a wealthy Texan looking to buy a house. So he hires a real estate agent, Leslie Rogers to show him around. He is actually trying to find out where they're holed up. And when he finds it, he sets out on his plan to get them. But when they learn he is alive, they contact the mobster to take care of him. So he sends a killer to take care of him.
Keywords: action-hero, ambulance, anti-hero, armored-truck, assassin, assassination-attempt, auction, axe, bald, barActors: Daryl Hannah (actress), Rashida Jones (actress), Kirstie Alley (actress), Burt Young (actor), Robert Wuhl (actor), Mike Starr (actor), Vincent Pastore (actor), Danny Aiello (actor), Joe Mantegna (actor), John Colicos (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Cliff De Young (actor), Christopher Meloni (actor), Penelope Ann Miller (actress), k.d. lang (actress),
Plot: Sprawling Mario Puzo novel about an Italian family of gangsters draws the inevitable comparison to "The Godfather", but does find its own direction. Headed by Don Domenico Clericuzio, the family executes a rival gang on the night of the Don's daughter's wedding, including her new husband, the son of his rival. Unfortunately the daughter gets pregnant and the repercussions of the night drift into the future. Spanning 1964-1985, the film jumps forward with the growing up of the grandson who has grown ruthless and scheming. A co-rival in the family is a nephew who has been raise to take his father's place in the family as a hitman and has established his place by assassinating a man who killed a Senator's daughter. However, he is proven to not be ruthless enough and moves into the family's casino business in Vegas. When the nephew falls in love with a beautiful actress, everything is set in place for the grandson to set up a coupe to take over the family.
Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, daughter, dysfunctional-family, family-relationships, gangster, grandfather, grandson, hired-killer, honeymoon