Overview
Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster's pregnant girlfriend. Instead, she delivers her baby and convinces Mikey to help her protect them both. As Rose weakens from cancer, Mikey becomes breadwinner for this unusual family. But tranquility will not last.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedLee Daniels' 2005 film follows Mikey and Rose, professional assassins bound together as lovers and partners, whose lives are entangled with Mikey's own father. When a job goes against plan and Rose spares a target, the pair end up protecting a vulnerable mother and child, and an unconventional makeshift family forms. As illness shadows their fragile peace, loyalty and tenderness collide with violence. Mixing action, crime, drama, and thriller, the film explores love, redemption, and mortality in a grim underworld. Aimed at mature audiences who favor dark, character-driven crime stories, it carries a MagicMovieScore of 5.0.
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Top Cast
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Mikey
Helen Mirren
Rose
Vanessa Ferlito
Vicki
Macy Gray
Neisha
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Dr. Don
Stephen Dorff
Clayton Mayfield
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Tom Pasch
Andrew
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Movie Info
Release Date
September 9, 2005
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
R
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director