There are so many films that come and go in the straight to home release market featuring big stars. It is always baffling how they got there on some of them, but others it’s pretty clear. Scott Caan has been kicking some ass on TV with Hawaii Five-O and his latest show Alert: Missing Persons Unit. Now he is taking on double duties in his latest film One Day As A Lion as both star and writer. The film co-stars Frank Grillo, Marianne Rendón, Taryn Manning, George Carroll, Virginia Madsen, and J.K. Simmons from Ida Red director John Swab at the helm. Could this film offer up something special or will it fail to make the hit?

 

One Day As A Lion follows Jackie Powers, a nice guy but a lousy hit man, who is sent to take out a crafty debtor but only pisses him off. Fleeing the scene, Jackie takes bored waitress Lola as a hostage. When Jackie reveals he needs money to get his son out of jail, Lola cooks up a scheme for them to get cash from her dying mother. Meanwhile, a thug sent to kill him is sleeping with Jackie’s ex.

 

Outside of this cast I knew nothing about this film, but since I dig everyone involved was hoping for something that would deliver. While not breaking any new ground it still manages to be entertaining and as bit quirky as well in a good way. The tone of the film felt very Tarantino like in its characters involved which I was here for. The story is pretty simple, but has enough interesting layers to get you invested in these characters and where they are headed.

 

Scott Caan brings his usual swagger to the role, but with a bit more innocence than usual in his nice guy persona. It’s not what I would normally expect from him and that is a good thing. He is the heart of this film with his