History Film / SuicideKings

* DeathbringerTheAdorable: The Widowmaker, who is just an obnoxious blackjack dealer.

When ImpoverishedPatrician Avery Chasten (Creator/HenryThomas) finds out that his sister Elise (Laura Harris) has been kidnapped and the PoliceAreUseless, he turns to his three lifelong friends--Elise's boyfriend Max (Creator/SeanPatrickFlanery), NouveauRiche blusterer Brett (Jay Mohr), and medical student T.K. (Jeremy Sisto)--to get the ransom by any means necessary.

* {{Fingore}}: To motivate him, the FiveManBand decides to do to Charlie whatever the kidnappers do to Elise. The first thing they do is cut off his finger.

%%* FiveManBand:
%%** TheHero: Avery
%%** TheLancer: Max
%%** TheBigGuy: Brett
%%** TheSmartGuy: T.K.
%%** TheChick: Ira

A BlackComedy PsychologicalThriller, and the feature film debut of TV director Peter O'Fallon, telling (with heavy amounts of {{Flashback}}s) the tale of two kidnappings and the web of betrayal that spawned them.

%%* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Heckle and Jekyll.

When ImpoverishedPatrician Avery Chasten (Creator/HenryThomas) finds out that his sister Elise (Laura Harris) has been kidnapped and the PoliceAreUseless, he turns to his three lifelong friends--Elise's boyfriend Max (Sean Patrick Flanery), NouveauRiche blusterer Brett (Jay Mohr), and medical student T.K. (Jeremy Sisto)--to get the ransom by any means necessary.

When ImpoverishedPatrician Avery Chasten (Henry Thomas) finds out that his sister Elise (Laura Harris) has been kidnapped and the PoliceAreUseless, he turns to his three lifelong friends--Elise's boyfriend Max (Sean Patrick Flanery), NouveauRiche blusterer Brett (Jay Mohr), and medical student T.K. (Jeremy Sisto)--to get the ransom by any means necessary.

* BadassGrandpa: Charlie puts up a good struggle against his younger captors and even plays mind games with them to give himself an impressive advantage in his predicament.

->''"That phone call I got, it came from outside high walls and fancy gates; it comes from a place you know about, maybe, from the movies. But I come from out there, and everybody out there knows: everybody lies. Cops lie, newspapers lie...your parents lie. The one thing you can count on: word on the street. Yeah, that's solid."''

When ImpoverishedPatrician Avery Chasten (Creator/HenryThomas) finds out that his sister Elise (Creator/LauraHarris) has been kidnapped and the PoliceAreUseless, he turns to his three lifelong friends, Elise's boyfriend Max (Creator/SeanPatrickFlanery), NouveauRiche blusterer Brett (Creator/JayMohr) and medical student T.K. (Creator/JeremySisto) to get the ransom by any means necessary.

Their plan: to abduct retired [[TheMafia crime boss]] Charlie Barrett (Creator/ChristopherWalken) and force him to pay the ransom. With the unwitting help of their friend Ira (Creator/JohnnyGalecki), who provides his parents' palatial home in the belief that they plan to spend the weekend playing poker, they successfully kidnap Charlie and force him to use his underworld contacts to get in touch with the kidnappers.

* AbusiveParents: Ira's parents (or, at least, his father) are implied to be emotionally abusive. Lono's father was evidently a mean drunk.
* AffablyEvil: Charlie is a charming retired mob boss with quite the sense of humor. Don't think that he won't have you killed if you really piss him off, though.
* TheAlcoholic: Charlie, which becomes a plot point, as his vitamin K deficiency inhibits his blood clotting.
* AllDevouringBlackHoleLoanSharks: [[spoiler:Avery]] owes them a pile of money.
* AntiVillain: Both Charlie and Lono. While they are murderous criminals, they abide their code of honor and they treat each other as TrueCompanions, unlike the protagonists who constantly lie to and double-cross each other. They both in fact are seen doing rather heroic feats.
%%* BadassGrandpa: Charlie
* BigFancyHouse: The setting for the bulk of the film is set in an upscale New York mansion.
%%* BrickJoke: "It was your idea, dunsky."

%%* TheDragon: Lono
%%* DumbMuscle: Heckle and Jekyll.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Charlie says that you should never lie to your friends. Lono stands up to an abusive stepfather.

* HollywoodSilencer: Lono has one.

* InstantSedation: Subverted. It's not nearly as easy to sedate a struggling gangster as it looks on TV.

%%* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Charlie
%%* TheMedic: T.K.

%%* MoralityPet: Ira, for Charlie.
* NoNameGiven: Heckle and Jekyll. The Widowmaker.

* PetTheDog: Charlie and Lono get one each. Charlie is seen in flashback rescuing a hooker from her pimp, while Lono beats up an abusive stepfather with a toaster!
** Charlie also treats Ira well, as he had nothing to do with Charlie's kidnapping.

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** Charlie also treats Ira well, as he's the only one not involved with either kidnappings (his friends lied about playing poker so they could use his parent's house).

When ImpoverishedPatrician Avery Chasten (HenryThomas) finds out that his sister Elise (Creator/LauraHarris) has been kidnapped and the PoliceAreUseless, he turns to his three lifelong friends, Elise's boyfriend Max (Creator/SeanPatrickFlanery), NouveauRiche blusterer Brett (Creator/JayMohr) and medical student T.K. (Creator/JeremySisto) to get the ransom by any means necessary.

When ImpoverishedPatrician Avery Chasten (HenryThomas) finds out that his sister Elise (Creator/LauraHarris) has been kidnapped and the PoliceAreUseless, he turns to his three lifelong friends, Elise's boyfriend Max (Creator/SeanPatrickFlanery), NouveauRiche blusterer Brett (JayMohr) and medical student T.K. (JeremySisto) to get the ransom by any means necessary.

When ImpoverishedPatrician Avery Chasten (HenryThomas) finds out that his sister Elise (Creator/LauraHarris) has been kidnapped and the PoliceAreUseless, he turns to his three lifelong friends, Elise's boyfriend Max (SeanPatrickFlanery), NouveauRiche blusterer Brett (JayMohr) and medical student T.K. (JeremySisto) to get the ransom by any means necessary.

Their plan: to abduct retired [[TheMafia crime boss]] Charlie Barrett (ChristopherWalken) and force him to pay the ransom. With the unwitting help of their friend Ira (JohnnyGalecki), who provides his parents' palatial home in the belief that they plan to spend the weekend playing poker, they successfully kidnap Charlie and force him to use his underworld contacts to get in touch with the kidnappers.

* ShutUpHannibal: "What the [censored] are you talking about? You're taped to a chair!"

* AbusiveParents: Ira's parents (or, at least, his father) are implied to be emotionally abusive.
%%* AffablyEvil: Charlie

* AntiVillain: Both Charlie and Lono. While they are murderous criminals, they abide their code of honor and they treat each other as TrueCompanions, unlike the proganosists who constantly lie to and double-cross each other.

* BigFancyHouse: The setting for the bulk of the film.

%%* TheMole: [[spoiler:Avery and Max.]]

%%* RetiredMonster: Charlie

%%* StarCrossedLovers: Max and Elise.

* FakeNationality: ChristopherWalken and Creator/DenisLeary as "Carlo Bartolucci" and "Lono Veccio."

* ThrowItIn: With the exception of the toaster scene, all of Creator/DenisLeary's dialogue was improvised.

* AffablyEvil: Charlie

* BadassGrandpa: Charlie

* BrickJoke: "It was your idea, dunsky."

* TheDragon: Lono
* DumbMuscle: Heckle and Jekyll.

* EvilDebtCollector: Heckle and Jekyll.

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Avery
** TheLancer: Max
** TheBigGuy: Brett
** TheSmartGuy: T.K.
** TheChick: Ira
* {{Flashback}}: Loads and loads of them.

* LimaSyndrome: Big time.
* LivingMacGuffin: Elise

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Charlie
* TheMedic: T.K.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Avery and Max.]]
* MoralityPet: Ira, for Charlie.

* NoodleIncident: "So, I popped the weasel!"
* OverlyLongGag: Lono's stingray-skin boots.

* PsychopathicManchild: Heckle
* RetiredMonster: Charlie

* StarCrossedLovers: Max and Elise.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Heckle and Jekyll.

When ImpoverishedPatrician Avery Chasten (HenryThomas) finds out that his sister Elise (LauraHarris) has been kidnapped and the PoliceAreUseless, he turns to his three lifelong friends, Elise's boyfriend Max (SeanPatrickFlanery), NouveauRiche blusterer Brett (JayMohr) and medical student T.K. (JeremySisto) to get the ransom by any means necessary.

As Charlie's right-hand man, ruthless thug Lono Veccio (DenisLeary), simultaneously searches for Elise's kidnappers and for Charlie's, the captive crook plays a game of mental cat-and-mouse with his captors, learning the real story behind the kidnapping of Elise while working to find their weak spots and convince them to set him free.

* FakeNationality: ChristopherWalken and DenisLeary as "Carlo Bartolucci" and "Lono Veccio."

* ThrowItIn: With the exception of the toaster scene, all of DenisLeary's dialogue was improvised.

When ImpoverishedPatrician Avery Chasten (HenryThomas) finds that his sister Elise (LauraHarris) has been kidnapped and the PoliceAreUseless, he turns to his three lifelong friends, Elise's boyfriend Max (SeanPatrickFlanery), NouveauRiche blusterer Brett (JayMohr), and medical student T.K. (JeremySisto) to get the ransom by any means necessary.

* AffablyEvil: Charlie.

* BadassGrandpa: Charlie.

* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]]: [[spoiler:Avery's sports betting and Max's ability to navigate Harlem.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Avery is revealed to have had his own sister kidnapped by the mob to pay off his debts, while Max and Elise doublecrossed everyone and took off with the money. Charlie and Lono track the latter two down and murder them to get the ransom back.]]
* TheDragon: Lono.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Charlie says that you should never lie to your friends. Lono stands up to an abusive husband.

** TheHero: Avery.
** TheLancer: Max.
** TheBigGuy: Brett.

** TheChick: Ira.

* LivingMacGuffin: Elise.

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Charlie.

* PsychopathicManchild: Heckle.
* RetiredMonster: Charlie.
* [[ShutUpHannibal Shut Up, Hannibal]]: "What the [censored] are you talking about? You're taped to a chair!"

* ThrowItIn: With the exception of the toaster scene, all of DenisLeary's dialog was improvised.