this be a quirky heist or caper film and one that seem predictable at first then keep surprising until the last scene . the protagonist be a grifter who go to work in a little carnival and where he pay to kill the manager belly dancer wife divana then end up fall for her himself . she allure and tricky and deadly and she keep disappear and pop up again like some sort of magician trick . the film other prop include her duplicitous husband or employer ( play by the talented armand assante ) and some nasty dominican mobster and most important to the plot and a suitcase full of money . just like the old shell game and the one where you have to guess which one the pea under and you will be guess who get the money and and like the victim of the huckster who run such game and you will probably guess wrong . dagma dominczyk and a lovely divana and be a talented performer and an eyeful and whether she dance with the huge snake around her shoulder or work her grift on all the unfortunate men in her orbit . norman reedus be fine a the young con who be flummox by the elusive beauty he be pay to kill . don not count him out and however and for he turn out to be smart than anyone give him credit for . this oddball film be worth a look .