Knockaround Guys is a 2002
gangster movie starring
Barry Pepper,
Vin
Diesel,
John Malkovich and
Dennis Hopper
Plot
Matty Demaret (
Barry Pepper) is the son
of a mob boss, but he is used as little more than an errand boy.
His relative and friend Chris (
Andy
Davoli) shares this urge to be part of something bigger, and
Matty finally convinces his father to give him a job, with the help
of his father's right-hand man Teddy (
John Malkovich). Matty and Chris get their
friend Johnny Marbles (
Seth Green) to fly
up to retrieve a bag full of money for Matty's father Benny
"Chains" Demaret (
Dennis Hopper), as
there have been mysterious shortages in their money lately.
On the way back with the cash, Marbles stops in a small Montana
town to refuel his personal plane and misplaces the bag
accidentally. He calls Matty and tells him the news. Matty, though
extremely upset, knows that he must fix the situation quickly and
quietly if he ever wants to work for his father.
Matty, Chris, and
their friend Taylor (Vin Diesel) fly to
the small town of Wibaux
, Montana
to help
Marbles search for the missing money. The bag of money is
found by two local teenage skateboarders.
While in town, Matty and the other guys attract the attention of
two local law-enforcement officers (
Tom
Noonan and
Shawn Doyle) who find out
about the money and want to keep it for themselves. The mob guys
then try to negotiate with the officers to get the money back but
are turned away. Matty calls Teddy and Teddy arrives in Wibaux with
two other mob henchmen. Chris decides to leave for home and
disappears. Marbles hangs around in a bar with the two mob henchmen
who secretly hate him, while Taylor and Matty wait in their hotel
for word from the Sheriff. After taking him outside in a friendly
manner, the two mob men throw Marbles to the ground and ask about
the whereabouts of the other three. Marbles tells them he doesn't
know and the two shoot him several times and throw his body in a
trunk.
Later that night, a deal is arranged for the Sheriff and Deputy to
meet Matty and Taylor in a warehouse. When they arrive, the lawmen
are planning to kill Matty and the others and keep the money, but
Teddy and the two mob men show up when Matty and Taylor do and they
entire thing turns into a Mexican standoff. Chris arrives and
shoots the Sheriff's cousin who came to help the Sheriff, and Matty
and Taylor inquire about Marbles. Chris says that he thought he was
with them. Teddy gives a signal to the two henchmen and they all
fire on Chris who is killed. The Sheriff and Deputy, in the chaos,
shoot the two mob men. Taylor then kills both of the lawmen but is
shot in the arm by Teddy. Teddy's gun is out and Matty holds him at
gunpoint. Matty says that it is Teddy that has been stealing and
causing shortages from his father all along. Teddy tries to reload
and shoot Matty claiming that Matty doesn't have the guts to shoot
him, but Matty kills Teddy. Matty and Taylor get the money and
return home. Upon giving the bag to his father, Matty is offered a
position in with his father, but refuses it, claiming that he no
longer wants to be part of it. He walks outside and he and Taylor
get in a car and drive off.
Cast
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