In Buffalo, Henry Torne (Keanu Reeves) is a man without ambition in a lifeless marriage to Debbie (Judy Greer). Eddie Vibes (Fisher Stevens) asks him to replace a sick man in his baseball game. In reality, they just need him to drive the getaway for a bank robbery. He's arrested by Frank (Bill Duke) even though he's clueless to the robbery. He's sentenced to 3 years but he doesn't give away Eddie. He gets Max Saltzman (James Caan) as his cell mate who tells him that if he does the time, he may as well do the crime. He gets out and he's happy to find Debbie is pregnant with new guy Joe. He goes to the bank and gets run over by Julie Ivanova (Vera Farmiga).
Keanu Reeves is doing his detached acting. It tries to be quirky. Farmiga is almost funny but Reeves is too much of a dead zone. He sucks up any of the comedic tension and all that remains is something flat and uninteresting. If Reeves must do the role, this movie may be better as a dark intense tale.
Keanu Reeves is doing his detached acting. It tries to be quirky. Farmiga is almost funny but Reeves is too much of a dead zone. He sucks up any of the comedic tension and all that remains is something flat and uninteresting. If Reeves must do the role, this movie may be better as a dark intense tale.