Circus Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rob Walker
Genres: Crime, Thriller
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A confidence man discovers too late that he's on the other end of a dangerous scam in this tense thriller from England. Leo Garfield (John_Hannah) is a small-time gambler and con artist who is eager to get out of the business. Bruno (Brian_Conley), a brutal underworld leader, wants Leo to manage his gaming operations. While he's in no position to say no, Leo doesn't want to work for the unstable gangster. Hoping to raise enough money so that he and his wife Lily (Famke_Janssen) can leave the country, Leo agrees to murder Gloria (Amanda_Donohoe), the wife of a mobster named Julius (Peter_Stormare). However, Bruno's brother Caspar (Ian Burfield) is convinced that Leo is up to no good, and he hopes to get some information from Lily by passing on unwelcome news -- Elmo (Fred_Ward), Lily's former partner in crime, has just been released from prison, and he wants revenge for her betrayal of him after a bungled robbery. Leo goes through with his assignment to kill Gloria, only to discover that he's been set up -- the woman in question was a prostitute hired by Julius, who videotaped her death and is now demanding 500,000 in blackmail from Leo. Circus was the feature film debut for director Rob_Walker, who had previously worked in British television. Mark Deming, Rovi
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