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Wuchak
Verified TMDB Critic
2025-10-20
**_You get what you give and (hopefully)... redemption_**
I've heard good things about Ridley Scott's "Matchstick Men", released in 2003, but was reluctant to give it a try since it was about two con-men. It's hard, after all, to care about the outcome of a story if its main characters are swindling scumbags who make their living by ripping others off. Let 'em be wiped off the face of the planet for all I care. But everyone universally praised the film and said it had a good ending that catches the viewer off guard, so I finally decided to check it out.
Nicolas Cage's character, Roy, is ...