Year: 2023
Runtime: 100 min
Language: English
Director: Tom DeNucci
Driven by passion and desperation, Johnny and Clyde find themselves in a dangerous game with a ruthless casino owner, Alana. As they attempt to pull off a high-stakes heist, they unleash chaos and destruction, drawing the attention of Alana’s formidable enforcer. The pair must outwit their pursuer in a thrilling chase filled with unexpected turns and escalating risks.
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Alana Hart, the savvy owner of the Four Horse Casino, finds herself entangled in a web of deceit and murder when an investigative reporter begins questioning her about a dangerous figure known as “Bakwas,” a perpetrator allegedly associated with her establishment. In a bold move to protect herself, she orchestrates a cover-up, ensuring she remains untraceable while providing a false alibi after the reporter, despite being offered a staggering $2 million, signs a non-disclosure agreement and declines the offer.
Meanwhile, we witness the chilling actions of Johnny and Clyde, a couple of deranged serial killers who indulge in their violent tendencies through a series of heinous crimes depicted in a gripping montage. During a seemingly innocuous moment at a gas station, the stuttering attendant wishes Johnny a safe trip to Rhode Island. However, Johnny, overtaken by rage, imposes psychological torture upon the attendant before culminating in his tragic demise over a mere candy bar and some cash.
Pouring gasoline on the flames, Randall Lock, a former sheriff grappling with his own demons of being overweight and an alcoholic, takes matters into his own hands after finding out that Johnny and Clyde have returned to Rhode Island. Fueled by a desire for revenge and the haunting memory of his daughter, who fell victim to the couple’s sadistic games, Lock hires bail bondsman One Time to help him confront these predators.
As Johnny and Clyde scheme to rob the casino’s armored vehicles, they resort to torturing a guard for intel about Alana’s concealed cash room. When Lock and One Time stage an ambush, the pair of killers utilize the guard as a human shield and escape amidst the chaos created by a violent assault from the unhinged killer Zhang.
In an intriguing twist, Johnny gathers his equally malevolent foster brothers to aid in the casino heist. The group includes the paranoid conspiracy theorist Candlestick, the suicidal thrill-seeker Butcher, and the fire-obsessed Baker. Candlestick ominously warns that the cash room’s location was once a site for a demonic cult known for performing a mass suicide, led by the sinister Bakwas.
As tensions build, Lock confronts Alana about the impending heist on her casino’s hidden treasure. Meanwhile, the casino’s head of security, Guy, becomes increasingly suspicious of Johnny and Clyde’s intentions. In a desperate act of counter-magic, Alana summons the cult’s Elder to perform a ritual, granting her dominion over Bakwas, who she intends to use as a supernatural sentinel for her casino, believing she can control him with a mystical stone. Following the ritual, in a calculated move to safeguard the stone’s secrets, Alana murders the Elder.
To prepare for the looming heist, Johnny’s crew indulges in an excess of illegal narcotics. When they finally breach the secure area by force—though at a tragic cost to Baker, who inadvertently meets his end—lock and One Time lie in ambush alongside Zhang. As the situation escalates, Alana announces that the building is sealed, and anyone inside will face certain death by sunrise, unraveling the tense Mexican standoff.
As carnage ensues, the guards fall one by one at the hands of Johnny’s merciless group as they descend into the depths of the casino in pursuit of the cash room. Recognizing his betrayal, Guy confronts his fate while Alana systematically eliminates any witness to her wrongdoings. In a heartrending twist, Bakwas targets Guy’s elite team, leading to a cascade of chaos and betrayal.
In a desperate bid to escape with nothing but a bag of counterfeit bills after the deaths of Candlestick and Butcher, Johnny and Clyde are thwarted by Alana’s father, who has sinister plans of his own. Once again engaging in ambush tactics, Lock eliminates Zhang and confronts Johnny, only to reveal the shocking truth: Johnny had a hand in the murder of Lock’s own father.
In a whirlwind of violence, Clyde’s love turns dark as she pistol-whips Johnny, shooting Lock in a moment loaded with misguided romantic intention. Lock, sporting a bulletproof vest, momentarily celebrates his survival before Bakwas, loyal to Alana’s sinister games, finishes what he started.
In the final confrontation, Guy manages to escape but is resolute in claiming the stone from Alana at gunpoint. When she hands it over, believing she retains control over the demon, she is met with a gruesome fate as the creature rends her heart from her chest to satisfy its own insatiable hunger for power. The chaos concludes as Bakwas dispatches Guy, seizing control of the stone, marking a dark and twisted end to a night filled with violence and betrayal that will haunt all involved.
Last Updated: February 02, 2025 at 08:46
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