The Hustle

The Hustle (2000)

Genres - Action, Adventure  |   Sub-Genres - Crime Thriller, Erotic Thriller  |   Release Date - Apr 30, 2001 (USA - Unknown), Apr 30, 2001 (USA)  |   Run Time - 100 min.  |   Countries - Canada, Germany  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Mark Deming

A pair of grifters are drawn into a big con that may be more than they can handle in this sexy thriller. Maya (Bonnie Phillips) and her boyfriend Tony (Thomas Heinze) are a pair of con artists who've been working the same scam for some time; sexy Maya approaches wealthy-looking men in hotel cocktail lounges and persuades them to come up to her room. Tony lifts the men's wallets while Maya toys with them, and he copies the information from their credit cards; Tony returns the cards before the men are the wiser, and Maya conveniently loses interest before things can go too far with her marks. Maya and Tony are making a good living off their version of credit card fraud when Maya tries to pick up Pierce; as it turns out, Pierce is a con artist himself, but rather than turn the tables on the couple, he makes them an offer. Pierce is working with a woman who wants to divorce her rich husband; they need a woman who can seduce the heretofore faithful husband -- and do it on film. There's a big payday in store for the woman who can do the job, so would Maya be interested? The Hustle also stars Robert Wagner, Steven McHattie, and Benjamin Sadler.

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con-artist, criminal, scheme, seduction, blackmail, fraud