Put 2 losers in a car. Doc is a 40-ish career small time crook. The other is Dylan, a 20 something punk who for some reason has attached himself to Doc as some form of father figure and mentor in stealing enough to keep going.Doc loves to get high on speed. He runs off at the mouth about any and everything. Politics, movies, cars, women, the weather. A nonstop motormouth full of braggadocio. Tells Dylan the secret to robbing banks and proceeds to demonstrate his theory by trying to pull off the robbery of a local bank's drive thru teller. I didn't say he was bright.
As might be expected, this doesn't go well. Dylan bolts and the teller drags out the heist long enough for the cops to arrive. While in custody, Doc comes to the realization that he isn't looking forward to jail time and using the time honored tradition of the idiot that speaks first gets the deal, promptly gives up Dylan as having forced Doc to try this foolish scheme.
Dylan is on the run, but really has no place to go. The cops and FBI are after him. He no longer has a girlfriend. His name and face are plastered all over the TV. He's broke. In his wanderings around Albuquerque he has to deal with a list of local characters that threaten every minute of his attempted flight.
Meanwhile Dylan is trying to survive the local detention center and avoid jail time.
This darkly humorous tale takes place over about 36 hours, presenting an interesting take on the buddy crook theme (think of Lethal Weapon only the 2 buddies are these stumbling crooks) by developing loyalty to a slightly twisted level. Is it noir? Could be. Is it a comedy of errors? Certainly. Is it worth a few hours? It was to me.
Available June 9, 2015
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