L.I.E.

On the Long Island Expressway there are lanes going east, lanes going west, and lanes going straight to hell.

APPROPIATE

2001 / 97min.

Rating6.7

Genres

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.

Directors

Actors

Brian Cox

Paul Dano

Bruce Altman

Chance Kelly

Adam LeFevre

Marcia DeBonis

James Costa

Billy Kay

Tony Michael Donnelly

Walter Masterson

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