A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan

Sometimes good people do evil things.

Directed by Sam Raimi

Produced by Paramount Pictures, Mutual Film Company

1998121 min7.2 / 10

A tense neo-noir descent into moral corruption where greed and paranoia systematically destroy the bonds between brothers and friends in a frozen rural landscape.

Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.

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