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Quick Info

Rating

6.8/10

Release2001

Runtime1h 37m

StatusReleased

Budget$700,000

Revenue$1,667,192

Production

Alter Ego Entertainment

Belladonna Productions

Movie

L.I.E.

2001

1h 37m

6.8

Drama

Crime

Synopsis

With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.

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