Nothing To Lose
The story is far-fetched; the overly-friendly relations between our white hero and a black family are somewhat heavy-handed. The explanation involving the wife's infidelity is quite a stretch, and the ending should have come sooner; no need to dot every "i" and cross every "t." Despite those caveats, I enjoyed almost every moment. It was a feel-good movie.
Nick (Tim Robbins) is an advertising executive who comes home early one day and discovers his wife (Kelly Preston) in bed with his boss. Nick flies out of the house and furiously drives away unmindful of traffic. His life is ruined; he has NOTHING TO LOSE.
A carjacker, T Paul (Martin Lawrence) pulls a gun on him when Nick stops at a traffic light but Nick, crazy with grief and NOTHING TO LOSE, not only takes a swipe at T Paul but gets him into the car and drives away with him. T Paul explains that he is an educated person who cannot find a job. In order to support his wife and kids, he got the stupid idea of carjacking. Before very long, they become friends. With NOTHING TO LOSE, Nick and T Paul set out to rob Nick's boss for having slept with Nick's wife.
Unfortunately for Nick and T Paul, they are being followed by another couple of gangsters, who like them, one is black and the other white. (Giancarlo Esposito and John C McGinley) Neither Nick and T Paul nor the cops on their trail are aware that there are 2 sets of black and white suspects.
When T Paul goes home to his family with Nick, T Paul's mother slaps them around; her son for staying out late and Nick for probably being a bad influence. In the end, of course, everything turns out fine . . . by use of two unoriginal bits of mistaken identity to make the plot work. Still, quite funny. and entertaining.
Written and Directed by Steve Oedekirk.
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Copyright 1997 Ben Hoffman
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