IMDb plot summary: Salma Hayek plays an avid detective assigned to the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
Directed by Bix Skahill. Starring Steve Zahn, Salma Hayek, and Jeff Goldblum.
Chain of Fools is a big, goofy comedy of errors starring Steve Zahn as a barber who accidentally kills someone who turns out to be responsible for a big dramatic bank heist, and Zahn thinks he knows where he can get the loot. Cue a long, over-the-top series of misunderstandings and botched crime moves as he tries to get the stolen items and run away with them. This has a lot of moving pieces in it and is a very quick-moving story with jokes coming very fast. Some of them work really well, but a lot of them fall pretty flat. Most of the main storyline with Steve Zahn himself -- and just about everything with his sidekick David Cross -- falls really flat. The part that I liked the most was Elijah Wood's subplot, where he plays a teenage hitman looking to make friends despite also trying to keep up his hitman persona. He is definitely the best part of the movie. So definitely a messy film, but had a few redeemable moments.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Chain of Fools < Sarah, Plain and Tall
Chain of Fools > Avengers: Endgame
Chain of Fools < The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Chain of Fools > Sweet Kitty Bellair
Chain of Fools > American Hustle
Chain of Fools > Internet Famous
Chain of Fools > Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Chain of Fools > The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Chain of Fools < No Highway in the Sky
Chain of Fools > Mongol
Chain of Fools > Eyewitness
Final spot: #2458, or 37%.
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