Roy and Frank are a pair of scammers who are engaged in the career of petty scammers. They have repeatedly succeeded by taking advantage of people's love to take advantage of them, because they will not let the victim go bankrupt. Each time the trick is a trick , So the liar's career is calm.
For Roy, life is a mess. After divorcing his wife for nearly 15 years, Roy is accompanied by a statue dog filled with banknotes. Because he is often harassed by mental obsessive-compulsive disorder, he will always do some uncontrollable actions, such as opening the door with 123 to open three times, such as outdoor light will cause shortness of breath and fantasy, such as when emotionally aroused. A rare hobbyist... Roy like this can only rely on the medicine prescribed by the doctor to maintain his life and relieve the often highly tense nerves.
Roy overturned all the pills. The doctor’s vacation forced him to find a new doctor and psychologist temporarily. So, a scam waiting for Roy kicked off, but our protagonist It was strictly blinded by it.
During the treatment, Roy learned that he and his ex-wife had a daughter named Angela. After Angela intervened without warning, everything about Roy was changing.
The private space was filled little by little with a strange family affection, and those quirks were gradually compromised in front of the 14-year-old girl. The new relationship between husband and daughter made Roy feel fresh and comforting, and his life suddenly jumped from black and white to colorful.
Angela showed great enthusiasm after learning about her father's "work". Under the threat of family offensive, Roy began to teach Angela various deceptions, and the smart Angela soon became Roy's right-hand man.
After the first deception plan was successfully implemented, Roy asked Angela to return the money he had already received. He just wanted to give his daughter the joy of deceptive success, but he didn't want her to be a liar like himself.
Angela's intrusion gave Roy a taste of a normal life, happy and satisfied, and Roy had the idea of washing his hands with a golden basin.
In the only operation involving Roy, Frank, and Angela, something went wrong because of Frank’s mistake. The fat man who was deceived did not find out that the money was transferred in the plane as they thought. It was chased all the way out, and although it finally escaped in a thrilling manner, it finally laid the groundwork.
Just when Roy decided to fight for Angela's custody and live happily together forever, the fat man came to the door. In the chaos, Angela killed the fat man. Roy asked Frank to take Angela away and stay. Take all responsibilities.
When Roy returned home to prepare to dispose of the body, he was suddenly attacked. He woke up and found himself lying in the hospital. The police on the side asked him about the whereabouts of Frank and Angela.
At Roy's request, the police called his doctor. Roy whispered to the doctor his safe password, which contained all Roy's assets. Roy asked the doctor to tell Angela.
If the movie ends here, I think it’s just a movie that interprets the love of the father. The plot is full and the characters are in place. Nicholas Cage captures some of Roy’s neurotic behaviors in peace, although there is no [Rain Man]. Dustin Hoffman's "dying ill", but due to the difference in character between the two, it can be distinguished by an "extroverted mental compulsion" and a "silent mental retardation". The latter brings us introverted tension, while the former is completely an open dramatic effect.
I thought that was the case. Although there was still nearly half an hour before the end, I was even thinking about the happy life of Roy and Angela after being released.
But Scott didn't think so. So I could only watch the two feet that were about to reach reunion stop abruptly, turn around, and slowly sway into the chaotic grass next to them.
After the doctor left, Roy begged the police to turn on the air conditioner because of the extreme heat, but no one paid any attention. When he walked out of the house, he discovered that the surrounding area had been empty after removing a monitor. The so-called "hospital" was just a certain one. A vacant room on the top floor of the building. All of this is just a game played by his partner Frank Boo. The purpose is naturally Roy’s code. As for Angela, this unnecessarily "daughter" is naturally a chess piece in the whole game. , So Roy became a penniless pauper, and the money, daughters, and camouflage friendships that did not belong to him all left him.
This was originally a huge scam. Although it was both deceived and deceived, the gritting and painful grief that usually comes after being deceived can not be seen. This is in line with two classic Chinese sayings: "Mantis catches cicadas and oriole is behind" and "unjust money is not desirable". At the same time, it also benefits from the comic effect brought by Roy's mental obsessive-compulsive disorder. The camera freeze frame and cut form a brisk rhythm on the screen, but the result is a happy ending for everyone.
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