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Federal Protection (2002)
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Federal Protection (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: "Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Frankie retaliates, only to wind up in the hands of the Feds. Frankie agrees to testify against the mobsters and his life is suddenly worthless - unless he submits to going into federal protection. The FBI gives him a new name - Howard Akers - and relocates him to a sleepy middle-class suburb in Little Rock, AR. Howard catches the attention of his lovely neighbor, Leigh, a bored fund-raiser for a non-profit zoo whose husband, Dennis, is having an affair - and she knows it, but she doesn't know it's with her hot-blooded sister, Bootsie. Leigh becomes friends with the enigmatic Howard, but Dennis and Bootsie see an opportunity to earn the million-dollar bounty the mob has put on his head by turning him in to the mob.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, touching, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, hidden identity, social decay, dishonesty, betrayal, master criminal, assassination attempt, disorder, fish out of water, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, cons and scams, hitman, murder, gang, witness, society, suburbs, witnessing a crime, witness protection, swimming pool, golf club, sister sister relationship, new identity ...
Time: contemporary
Place: usa, arkansas, chicago
Keyword: gangsters

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