Falltime

Florence

"Falltime" is yet again an over looked Mickey gem. It is a period piece set in 1950s Midwest,
which combines the talents of Mickey Rourke, Stephen Baldwin and a young David
Arquette. The premise has been done before, but mostly for the comedic effect with the
classic stand-bymix-up/mistaken identity theme. This time around, it is done darkly, with
violent and deadly repercussions.

Three young men start a joke that quickly becomes more real (and more dangerous) than
they'd ever anticipated. In this violent thriller It's 1957, and three high school seniors
celebrating their graduation think it would be fun to pull a prank; David (David Arquette),
Tim (Jason London), and Joe (Jonah Blechman) will fake a robbery by driving up to a bank,
"shooting" one of their number with a blank gun, and throwing him in the trunk before
speeding away. But just as they're playing their practical joke, Florence (Mickey Rourke)
and Leon (Stephen Baldwin) are pulling an actual armed robbery at the same bank.

In the confusion, the boys get mixed up with the real criminals, who take the teenagers
hostage. Florence, unstable and given to sadistic tendencies, subjects the boys to torture;
eventually, Florence and Leon tell the boys they'll release them only if they pull an actual
bank job. The boys grudgingly agree, but Tim ends up grabbing window teller Patty (Sheryl
Lee of Twin Peaks fame) instead of the cash, emotions and tensions run high and the words
uttered by the boys in the beginning of the film (“Last time”) take on an ominous, new
meaning.

Synopsis by: Robin Glenn
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