Saturday, March 29, 2008

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a 2007 film written by Kelly Masterson and directed by Sidney Lumet. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei and Albert Finney.

Andy Hanson (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a finance executive in desperate need of money, convinces his also strapped brother Hank (Ethan Hawke) to rob their parents' jewelry store. Hank, in turn, hires an acquaintance, Bobby (Brian F. O'Byrne), to help him in the robbery, but the heist goes awry.