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Big Trouble (2002) is a film based on the novel Big Trouble by Dave Barry. It was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and featured a large cast including Tim Allen, Rene Russo and Dennis Farina. Like much of Barry's fiction, it follows a diverse group of people through a series of extremely strange situations against the backdrop of southern Florida.

Tagline: They have forty-five minutes to save the world. They need forty-six.

Characters

Eliot Arnold (Tim Allen) has had some bad luck lately. He lost his job as a newspaper columnist after losing his temper with his editor. His wife cheated on him, leading to their divorce. The advertising agency he opened has only attracted a few lowlife clients. His teenage son Matt (Ben Foster) thinks his father is a complete loser because he drives a Geo Metro.

Anna Herk (Rene Russo) has had better days herself. She has a close relationship with her daughter Jenny (Zooey Deschanel), but her husband Arthur Herk (Stanley Tucci) is insufferable and quite possibly insane. Anna would leave Arthur, but that would mean dooming Jenny and herself to a life of poverty.

Arthur is a bit on edge. He works for a company that has scored several lucrative state contracts, and he has made good money from it — but not exactly "honestly." He had the poor judgment to steal from his employers, who happen to have some very powerful connections. They do not want the money back... they want Herk dead.

Henry (Dennis Farina) and Leonard (Jack Kehler) are not happy. They hate Miami. They have one simple job to do before they can go back to New York: kill Arthur Herk. Unhappy hitmen are bad news, and these two are not getting any happier.

Puggy (Jason Lee) is an easygoing kind of guy. He has very few worries, and things always seem to work out well. He drifts into town and takes up residence in a treehouse, depending on odd jobs and the kindness of strangers to supply him with Fritos.

Nina (Sofía Vergara) misses her homeland. She does not want to be a maid, especially not for a toe-sucking freak like Arthur Herk. When she finds a mysterious stranger living in a treehouse in the Herks' back yard, she falls in love with the kind, soft-spoken man.

Snake (Tom Sizemore) and Eddie (Johnny Knoxville) are criminally stupid. Or, to be more accurate, they are stupid criminals, always on the lookout for a way to steal a quick buck.

Two FBI agents (Omar Epps and Heavy D) are making their way through Miami's darker corners on an important case. An international arms dealer is known to have smuggled a nuclear device into town recently, and it must be recovered at any cost.

Miami PD Officer Monica Romero (Janeane Garofalo) is a good cop, but she has been saddled with a narcissistic idiot for a partner. Namely, Officer Walter Kramitz (Patrick Warburton), who is always hitting on her. In fact, he hits on every female he sees.

Plot

A simple high-school game of "Killer" brings all of these characters into direct contact with each other. Matt Arnold has to "shoot" classmate Jenny Herk with a squirt gun to advance in his game, and decides to sneak up on her at home one night. Meanwhile, hitmen Henry and Leonard are also watching the house, biding their time until they can whack Arthur. When the fake assassination attempt crosses paths with the real one, the police are called out to the resulting disturbance and Eliot has to explain his son's actions. Matt and Jenny feel an instant attraction to each other, as do Eliot and Anna. But if this was just a prank gone wrong, why is there a bullet lodged in the TV?

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