Usher

Usher

🎞️ Movie 91 min --
โ˜… 6.8 /10 2004

The Job Defines The Man

Ash is a young hit man who falls on hard times and gets a job in a movie theatre. He can't handle it. Ash finds himself faced with the everyday frustrations of the workplace, and embroiled in the petty romances and power struggles of the high-school-aged employees. Unable to comprehend the unique social and moral rules of this environment, he begins to break down and lose touch with reality. When a cocky kid from the hot dog store next door starts putting the moves on Ash's favorite candy girl, Ash decides it's up to him to protect her. Eventually his presumed training as a killer resurfaces as his last defense. On the surface, USHER is a "genre-based" drama (the story of a "hit man in hiding"), but placed in a controlled, determined, work-based setting (a movie theatre), to explore the quieter reaches of the genre. It's by turns romantic, a thriller, and a meditation on art, its consumption and presumptions.

Cast

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Thomas Alexander
Ash
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Quin Gordon
Alvin
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Elizabeth Turkel
Novelyn
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James Call
Jaime
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Maya Ramirez
Waitress
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Keith Anthony
Usher Gary
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Roger Leatherwood
Mr. Roderick
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Pavlos Psoinos
The Boss
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Howie Levinson
Howie (Thug One)
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Jeff Lunzaga
Composer
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Chris Rasmussen
Cinematographer