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When troubled teen boy Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) and his girlfriend, Rocky (Mischa Barton), attempt to rob a bank without any forethought, the situation rapidly deteriorates. Soon the young couple is holding bank customers and employees hostage, while law enforcement gathers outside. Daniel Bender (Burt Reynolds), a veteran negotiator for the FBI, is charged with assessing the crime scene and ending the standoff as quickly as possible, but Stevie's short fuse considerably complicates matters.

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Top billed cast

Mischa BartonRocky
Cameron Van HoyStevie
Burt ReynoldsDaniel Bender
Adam FarrarWheelchair Man
David Alan GrafBank Manager
Kurt LoderKurt Loder
James GordonJ.P. / TV Preacher
Darling NaritaJoy
Ed MetzgerMr. Edwards
Jonathan CooganBank Security Guard

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