I liked the cast with three very diverse lead characters played by macho Nicholas Cage, fatso Jon Lovitz and wimpy Dana Carvey. Two of the three actors did good jobs playing their guys, too. Unfortunately, the big star - Cage ("Bill Firpo") - gave a bad and abrasively loud performance. If you would have asked me in advance to pick one of the three who might bomb, I wouldn't have selected him.
Lovitz, as "Dave Firpo," had the best lines in the film. As "Alvin Firpo," Carvey's kleptomania problems were funny at first but grew tiresome fairly fast.
Sadly, the story wasn't that good, either, although it should have been. This premise about crooks being unable to get out of town due to various weird situations, in here it's mainly a snowstorm.
If you want a better movie about being trapped somewhere and trying to escape with the loot, watch Bill Murray, Geena Davis and Randy Quaid in "Quick Change." That's a heckuva lot funnier film.
Lovitz, as "Dave Firpo," had the best lines in the film. As "Alvin Firpo," Carvey's kleptomania problems were funny at first but grew tiresome fairly fast.
Sadly, the story wasn't that good, either, although it should have been. This premise about crooks being unable to get out of town due to various weird situations, in here it's mainly a snowstorm.
If you want a better movie about being trapped somewhere and trying to escape with the loot, watch Bill Murray, Geena Davis and Randy Quaid in "Quick Change." That's a heckuva lot funnier film.