Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) loves his job. He just happens to be the hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank’s got a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle (Philip Baker Hall) sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. Played with gruff charm by Kingsley, Frank is not a touchy-feely kind of guy.

But he starts going to AA meetings, gets a sponsor (played by Luke Wilson) and a job at a mortuary where he falls for the tart-tongued Laurel (Tea Leoni), a woman who is dangerously devoid of boundaries. Meanwhile, things aren’t going well in Buffalo where an upstart Irish gang is threatening the family business. When violence erupts, Frank is forced to return home and with an unlikely assist from Laurel, faces old rivals on new terms.

Directed by
John Dahl

Cast
Ben Kingsley - Frank Falenczyk
Tea Leoni - Lauren Pearson
Luke Wilson - Tom
Dennis Farina - Edward O'Leary
Philip Baker Hall - Roman Krzeminski
Bill Pullman - Dave
Marcus Thomas - Stef Czyprynski
Scott Heindl - James Doyle
Lorraine James - Brenda
Devin McCracken - Henry

Production Co.
Code Entertainment
BiPolar Pictures
Carol Baum Productions
Echo Lake Entertainment
Zvi Howard Rosenman Productions

Produced by
Tea Leoni
Jonathan Dana
Al Corley

Studio
IFC Films

Writer
Christopher Markus
Stephen McFeely

Music
Marcelo Zarvos