surprisingly good

A womanizing insurance man, Hutch Rimes (Steven Weber), has affairs with his blonde employees. Ten years ago, one of the ladies, Holly (Nina Siemaszko) requests his help to kill Cotton, her abusive husband (Gregg Henry). That night, she is inadvertedly killed by Cotton, who goes to jail for her death.
Ten years later, Cotton is released and catches up with his son Jesse (Gabriel Mann).
In the meantime Hutch has had several affairs, his most recent one with Olivia Wise (Gail O'Grady) married to Dewey (Stephen Tobolowsky), who suspects the affair and wants to kill Hutch. Olivia enlists Hutch's help to kill Dewey, but will Hutch do it? Will the truth about what happened ten years ago be revealed?

An unoriginal plot, the film has *luckily* a nice twist to its ending, slightly predictable 3/4 in the movie.
Note that attention must be paid throughout as it is quite easy to miss out on critical scenes, essential to understanding the plot(s).

The best actor here is Swoosie Kurtz as Hutch's assistant; Steven Weber is decent, as are Tobolowsky, Henry and Mann. A good cast.

Obviously a tv-movie or direct-to-dvd production, it's still very enjoyable. A dramatic thriller, it also has its funny moments.

Surprisingly good for a B movie with an unoriginal plot. Worth renting once.


7/10