Ethan Cohen

Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everetts home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters. Among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George 'Babyface' Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning Governor, his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet, who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."

A bar-owner in Texas is certain that his wife is cheating on him and hires a private detective to spy on her. This is just the beginning of a complex plot which is full of misunderstandings and deceit. Ethan and Joel Cohen's first feature film.

Robert Downey Jr. interpreta Peter Highman, che tra 5 giorni diventerà papà per la prima volta. Peter sta per prendere un volo che da Atlanta lo porterà a casa per essere al fianco della moglie al momento del parto. Le sue migliori intenzioni andranno completamente in fumo a causa dell'incontro con l'aspirante attore Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis)

A bar-owner in Texas is certain that his wife is cheating on him and hires a private detective to spy on her. This is just the beginning of a complex plot which is full of misunderstandings and deceit. Ethan and Joel Cohen's first feature film.

Sembrava un poveraccio che vive alla giornata. Invece era Machete, leggendario ex-agente federale. Creduto morto dopo lo scontro con Torrez, famigerato boss messicano della droga, Machete fugge in Texas per dimenticare il passato. Cade invece in una rete di corruzione che costa la vita a un senatore e fa di lui un ricercato.