4 Dogs Playing Poker

Four unlikely friends (Stacy Edwards, Balthazar Getty, Daniel London, and Olivia Williams) steal a valuable sculpture from a wealthy art collector (unrecognizably played by one-shot 007 George Lazenby). Although the heist itself goes off without much of a hitch, a delivery foul-up leaves the quartet with a dilemma: come up with a million bucks or face dire consequences from the ruthless crime boss (Forest Whitaker) who hired them and who has already killed their leader (Tim Curry). Their brilliant solution is to each take out a million-dollar life insurance policy, then play cards to see which lucky one gets to cash in. Too bad the scriptwriter dealt them such a bad hand. Take a pass. (T. Rich)