Hard Cash

Fresh out of prison, master thief Thomas Taylor (Christian Slater) assembles a crack team of outlaws to pull off his most brilliant multimillion-dollar heist. Alas, the stolen money is marked, enabling FBI agent Mark Cornell (Val Kilmer) to swiftly track down Taylor and his cohorts. But the corrupt Cornell isn't interested in making an arrest: Using his knowledge of Taylor's guilt as leverage, the wily agent coerces the crooks into engineering an even bigger robbery, this time targeting a high-profile riverboat casino. Filmed in Bulgaria and originally slated for theatrical release, Run for the Money ended up premiering over the USA cable network on February 26, 2002.