THIN ICE

Year: 2011
USA: ATO Pictures
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Billy Crudup, Alan Arkin, David Harbour, Lea Thompson, Bob Balaban, Michelle Arthur, Jennifer M Edwards, Peter Moore, Michelle Hutchison, James Detmar, Michael Paul Levin, Peter Thoemke, Alan Johnson, Alec George, Terry Hempleman, Chris Carlson, Mike Hagerty
Director: Jill Sprecher
Country: USA
USA: 93 mins
USA Rated: R for language, and brief violent and sexual content
USA Release Date: 17 February 2011 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

"Someone's taking the fall."

Insurance agent Mickey Prohaska (Greg Kinnear) is trying to kick start his business with a view to reuniting with his estranged wife (Lea Thompson). This master of salesmanship is looking for a sucker willing to believe his spin. He finds one, an unsuspecting lonely, retired farmer (Alan Arkin), who is sitting on something much bigger than an insurance commission.

But Mickey’s attempt to con the old man goes awry when a nosy, unstable locksmith (Billy Crudup) (also a paranoid ex-con with a explosive temper) ups the stakes. Mickey finds himself cornered and is now faced with danger, deceit and double-crossing.

Ultimately THIN ICE reaches a breaking point that no one, least of all Mickey Prohaska, could have ever seen coming.