Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) loves his job. He just happens to be the hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, N.Y. But, Frank's got a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. Frank is not a touchy-feely kind of guy. But, he starts going to AA meetings, gets a sponsor and a job at a mortuary where he falls for the tart-tongued Laurel, a woman who is dangerously devoid of boundaries. Meanwhile, things aren't going well in Buffalo where an upstart Irish gang is threatening the family business. When violence erupts, Frank is forced to return home and with an unlikely assist from Laurel, faces old rivals on new terms.
Production Bipolar Pictures; Carol Baum Productions; Code Entertainment; Dillinger Productions; Echo Lake Productions (I); Green Tulip Productions [ca]; Independent Film Group;
Cast Names Ben Kingsley; Téa Leoni; Luke Wilson; Dennis Farina; Philip Baker Hall; Bill Pullman; Marcus Thomas; Scott Heindl; Alison Sealy-Smith; Aron Tager; Jayne Eastwood; Al Corley; Erik Fjeldsted; Aaron Hughes; Devin McCracken; Micheline Marchildon; Katie Messina; Lorraine James; Omar Khari; Joanne Rodriguez; Will Woytowich; David Gillies; Susan Kelso; Darren Wall; Lora Schroeder; Ruth De Graves; Tracy McMahon; Sandy Jobin-Bevans; Mario Ballantyne; Cory Cassidy; Brian Kawakami; Sean O'Brian; Warren Louis Wiltshire;
Release Date 2007-04-28 (Tribeca Film Festival) 2007-06-16 (CineVegas International Film Festival) 2007-06-22 (limited)
Genres Comedy; Crime; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for language and some violence.