Confidence (2003)

.” A confidence game is like putting on a play where everyone knows their part. The inside man, the roper, the shills, everyone that is, except the mark.”
Con man Jake Vig (Edward Burns) may have swindled the wrong man in Lionel Dolby (Leland Orser). Jake’s crew – Miles (Brian Van Holt), Big Al (Louis Lombardi), Gordo (Paul Giamatti), Lupus (Frankie G) plus a couple of cops on the take, Manzano (Louis Guzman), Whitworth (Donal Logue).

Travis (Morris Chestnut), a henchman for the King (Dustin Hoffman), is after Jake and his team for conning Dolby. The King feels Jake owes him money back for what was taken from Dolby. But the money’s gone. The team needs to find a new mark – one designated by the King.

Lily (Rachel Weisz) joins the crew to be the shill for $5M hit via Mr. Ashby (John Carroll Lynch) on Morgan Price (Robert Forster) of Price Trust.

But now Special Agent Gunther Butan (Andy Garcia) is trying to track down Jake.

A real cat-and-mouse game. The master grafter – can he win? Can you catch the red herrings?

Directed by James Foley.

Run time: 1 hour, 50 minute

Rated R for language and scenes of violence.

My personal rating: B.