American Perfekt
1997, Film, 100 min, Crime, Drama, Thriller, English, United States, MoviePedia score 64
The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions
Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick up her flunked out sister, Alice, at a cheap motel before continuing on to visit their ailing mother. After being forced off the road by a mysterious assailant, however, Sandra is picked up by Jake, who's coin flipping amoral attitude quickly excites her own desire to break a few rules. Or worse. Jake and Sandra's romance is soon driven by chance acts of crime and kindness, all governed by the flip of a coin - at least until Sandra mysteriously disappears and Jake unwittingly picks up her suspicious sister, Alice ...
Directed by Paul Chart
Cast
- Amanda Plummer as Sandra
- Robert Forster as Jake
- David Thewlis as Santini
- Fairuza Balk as Alice
- Paul Sorvino as Frank
- Joanna Gleason as Shirley
- Geoffrey Lewis as Willy
- Chris Sarandon as Sammy
- Jay Patterson as Bernie
- Judson Mills as Junior
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