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In this passable thriller, two backwoods cops discover several corpses and a bag containing $1.5 million. When one of the bodies proves to be somewhat lively, they finish him off and bury the loot, planning to start spending when the heat dies down. But things come spectacularly unglued: the authorities arrive and the two local lawmen discover that their victim was a federal undercover agent. While the relentless convolutions of the script are admirable, the movie really needs gutsier direction and a better cast: Kyle MacLachan's glacial personality may have worked well in Blue Velvet but it's a drawback here.