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8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag poster
Directed by
Tom Schulman
Genre
drama film, crime film, black comedy film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 176 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mobster loses a bag full of severed heads to a tourist. The tourist and his girlfriend try to get rid of the heads while the mobster scrambles to find replacements.

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What happens

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag is a 1997 black comedy film starring Joe Pesci, Kristy Swanson and David Spade. It was the directorial debut of screenwriter Tom Schulman. The film was a box office disappointment and received negative reviews from critics. The film initially focuses on a wiseguy who has been tasked with transporting a cargo of severed heads to a crime boss. The duffel bag with the heads is switched with that of a young tourist heading for Mexico. The young man and his girlfriend soon look for ways to get rid of the heads, while the wiseguy attempts to find replacement heads at a cryonics lab. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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