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Pups

What happens when a kid finds a gun or a gun finds a kid?

19996.01h 39mR

Overview

When troubled teen boy Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) and his girlfriend, Rocky (Mischa Barton), attempt to rob a bank without any forethought, the situation rapidly deteriorates. Soon the young couple is holding bank customers and employees hostage, while law enforcement gathers outside. Daniel Bender (Burt Reynolds), a veteran negotiator for the FBI, is charged with assessing the crime scene and ending the standoff as quickly as possible, but Stevie's short fuse considerably complicates matters.

Directed by Ash Baron-Cohen
Written by Ash Baron-Cohen
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Top Cast

Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton

Rocky

C

Cameron Van Hoy

Stevie

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

Daniel Bender

A

Adam Farrar

Wheelchair Man

David Alan Graf

David Alan Graf

Bank Manager

Kurt Loder

Kurt Loder

Kurt Loder

J

James Gordon

J.P. / TV Preacher

D

Darling Narita

Joy

Ed Metzger

Ed Metzger

Mr. Edwards

J

Jonathan Coogan

Bank Security Guard

Themes & Keywords

robberymanagergunhostagebankfbiemployeeveteranaddictnegotiator

About Pups

Pups is a thriller, action, drama, crime film released in 1999 exploring themes of robbery, manager, gun, hostage, bank, fbi. Directed by Ash Baron-Cohen, it stars Mischa Barton, Cameron Van Hoy, Burt Reynolds. When troubled teen boy Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) and his girlfriend, Rocky (Mischa Barton), attempt to rob a bank without any forethought, the situation rapidly deteriorates. Soon the young couple is holding bank customers and employees hostage, while law enforcement gathers outside. Daniel Bender (Burt Reynolds), a veteran negotiator for the FBI, is charged with assessing the crime scene and ending the standoff as quickly as possible, but Stevie's short fuse considerably complicates matters.

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