The Bag Man, directed by David Grovic, is a grimy noir that celebrates scenery-chewing and smart alecks, even when it doesn’t entirely fit the tone that the movie establishes early on. There are certainly worse low-budget crime flicks out there; at least The Bag Man gives us the opportunity to enjoy John Cusack and Robert De Niro play off one another.
Jack (Cusack) is a hired gun that is told by Dragna (De Niro) to retrieve a bag for him and wait at a motel to make the hand-off. Dragna makes it clear that no matter what, Jack is not to look in the bag; his job is simply to make the hand-off as requested. Of course, things don’t go quite so smoothly, as Jack is immediately hunted by others on the prowl for the bag, and he has to consider that his boss is toying with him. With his job hindered by unexpected competitors and a down-on-her-luck woman named Rivka (Rebecca De Costa), Jack goes through one hell of a night.
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