A dying prisoner tells the prison therapist about $8,500,000 stolen mob money hidden under a basement floor. A prisoner overhears it and breaks out. Who gets the money.
Willis Embry is a jail psychologist whose girlfriend has left him. He has no time to be sad because a very ill old man tells him about a robbery and the millions of dollars hidden somewhere. The old man asks Willis to find it and give a part of it to his relative, and he can keep the rest. The bad guy next door has heard the whole thing.—Kornel Osvart <[email protected]>
Willis Embry is a psychologist who works at a prison. He has a group of prisoners he works with who seem to have problems but aren't too far gone. And when he finishes working with the group, he visits Trick, who is near death and has a last request. His loot, worth many millions, is buried in a nice New Jersey neighborhood where the same contractor poured all the foundations and was apparently aware of what happened. Trick wants Willis to uncover the loot and give it to Trick's girlfriend.
But Willis visited Trick in his cell, and there is no such thing as privacy. Several members of the group are in the next cell, and one of them writes down the address but gets it wrong.
In the nice neighborhood, there are some nosy people. Jeffrey and Lydia are the worst, even using binoculars. Lydia's daughter Swan doesn't like her stepfather and is very demanding. And she has a paper route and uses her inadequate bike to go around collecting from her customers.
Jessie and Albert are divorcing, and their arguments get violent. They are selling the house and dividing everything. Albert uses a chainsaw on the piano. Realtor Marty, who is very annoying as he shows off the house, points out that this is a rare split piano, a work of art. Albert leaves, and Jessie is left to encounter Willis trying to get in her basement to get the loot.
Meanwhile, Norman is a workaholic whose commute is long, but he likes where he lives. Wife Peedi is not feeling satisfied. And when the landscapers--actually escaped prisoners Harry, Martin and Lyle--show up with guns demanding to get the loot out of the basement, this represents an opportunity for Peedi. She's not happy in her marriage and she falls for Harry.
The loot is difficult to find, especially for those who have the wrong address. There are plenty of situations where people have to lie to keep their secret. For example, Jessie claims Willis is her cousin. And Jeffrey and Lydia find it curious that the landscapers take so long to get the job done--some of them do have to appear to be doing yard work. And why can't they hire them? These people are so rude.
The prisoners are not all that scary. Lyle needs his medication so he does go over the edge sometimes.
Norman has a secret which, once it is determined the prisoners came to the wrong address, leads to even more laughs and a really big development. Hint: an underwater photographer is in the credits.
