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Best Laid Plans (1999)

Director:
Mike Barker
COUNTRY
USA
GENRE
Thriller/Drama
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Planene er klare
RUNNING TIME
92 minutes
Producer:
Sean Bailey
Betsy Beers
Alan Greenspan
Chris Moore
Screenwriter:
Ted Griffin


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Nick Alessandro Nivola
Lissa Reese Witherspoon ½
Bryce Josh Brolin ½
Jimmy Terrence Dashon Howard

 

Review

A regular, low-key thriller without the excessive and silly plot-twists but also without the most interesting of premises. There aren't many questions raised here that haven't been both raised and answered times before, but with that said, Best Laid Plans is a thoroughly conducted, fairly well-played and relatively suspenseful film. The direction by Mike Barker is almost invisible - it would've profited from more colour and imagination.

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