A Simple Plan
Two brothers and a friend find $4 million in the cockpit of a downed plane. The pilot is dead. No one is looking for the money. To keep it, all they have to do is wait. IT ALL SOUNDED SO SIMPLE…
- Director:Sam Raimi
- Genre:Crime | Drama | Thriller
- Runtime:121 minutes
Cast
Bill Paxton : Hank
Bridget Fonda : Sarah
Billy Bob Thornton : Jacob
Brent Briscoe : Lou
Jack Walsh : Tom Butler
Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton) and his pregnant wife, Sarah (Bridget Fonda), live a quiet but happy life in rural Minnesota. Hank, one of the town’s few residents to graduate college, works in a feed mill, while his wife is a librarian. Hank’s brother, Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton), is a dim-witted but good-hearted fellow. The story begins with Hank, Jacob, and a Jacob’s friend, Lou, chasing a fox into the woods. They lose the fox, but find a downed airplane that appeared to have crashed in the area some time previously. After some investigation, they see the pilot is long dead, and the only cargo is a bag full of unmarked bills totaling $4.4 million.
Hank suggests turning the money in, but is persuaded not to by Jacob and Lou. Hank’s condition is that he keep the money safe at his house and no one spends anything until winter ends and everyone moves away when they divvy up the cash. All agree to keep the discovery a secret. When they return to their vehicle, Carl, the sheriff, appears and Hank nervously talks to him while Jacob unwisely mentions hearing a plane in the area. Hank reveals the discovery to his wife, who is overjoyed at the news.
Things start to unravel quickly. When Hank and Jacob return to the plane to put some of the money back as part of a larger plan to avoid suspicion, they come across an old man on a snowmobile. Jacob, thinking their cover is blown, bludgeons the man. When the man regains consciousness and asks for the police, Hank suffocates him and makes it look like an accidental death. Jacob reneges on his promise to move away during the summer, and tells of his intention to buy his father’s farm with his share of the money. Lou drunkenly demands some of the money from Hank, saying that he has spent recklessly since the discovery and needs cash fast. Hank refuses, and Lou threatens to tell the authorities about the old man’s death. Hank and Jacob team up against Lou to make sure he will not reveal the old man’s murder. Lou, drunk and enraged that the two conspired against him, pulls a gun. Jacob kills Lou to save his brother, and then Hank kills Lou’s wife when she appears firing another gun. Hank concocts a plan as to what to tell the cops to avoid arrest. The plan works, thanks to Hank’s solid reputation in the community and Jacob’s rehearsed speech to the police. Jacob tells Hank that this whole turn of events is wearing on him and that he “feels evil”. Read more
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