SINOPSIS:
La vida de cada ser humano no es lo que aparenta ser. Alex es un buen esposo, un gran padre, y un hombre justo y honesto. Pero detrás de ese papel, debe jugar otro como asesino profesional, continuando con el negocio familiar. Cuando Alex decide salirse de ese mundo de muertes y mentiras, su padre no se lo permite, y su nueva víctima será alguien muy cercano. Alex no necesita ya de este trabajo. Pero no es tan fácil escapar del negocio familiar, cuando la vida de los que te rodean pende de un hilo.
SYNOPSIS:
When Sarah (Neve Campbell) strikes up a conversation with a sad-eyed man called Alex (William H. Macy) at her therapist's office, she asks, "Are you one of those middle-aged guys who's tired of his marriage and thinking maybe a beautiful young thing could help him out?" She's right, but the source of Alex's depression is far from typical: he's a second-generation hit man who wants out, but his mom and dad won't let him quit.
Donald Sutherland makes Alex's laconic and utterly monstrous father the most frightening parent since John Huston in Chinatown. A series of flashbacks show how he introduced Alex to his trade, beginning with shooting squirrels in the woods. We never find out whether Alex's father has mob connections, and the fact that it's just a business to him ("This one's a big job, lots of moola, I'll buy your mother a Lexus") makes him all the more chilling. Alex's mother (the steely Barbara Bain) knows all about the family business, but his wife (Tracey Ullman) thinks he runs a mail-order company, and the only person he confides in is a therapist (John Ritter). When he meets and falls for Sarah, Alex realizes that he alone can stand up to his father, and he needs to act before his own son becomes the next apprentice.
