Stickmen (film)

Stickmen is a 2001 New Zealand film directed by Hamish Rothwell and starring Robbie Magasiva.

The film begins with Thomas and Wayne playing a game of pool against two English men. They almost win but Wayne loses the game on the last shot due to overconfidence. Their friend Jack then arrives. His pool playing skills come to the attention of Holden Kirk Torrance, who remarks to the bartender Dave John Leigh that the three friends might be good enough to play in Daddys game. Daddys game turns out to be an underground pool tournament run by local Greek crime lord Daddy. Each team pays 500 to enter and the winner takes away 20,000 tax free. The three of them agree to enter under the name Stickmen.The boys leave the bar and go to a cafe, where they meet Sara Anne Nordhaus, a waitress who takes a liking to Thomas. The next morning the three meet up for breakfast where Jack tells them that their first match in the pool tournament will be against two men called Jimmy and Eric, at the Princess Bar. Jack then leaves for work, where he ends up having sex with Karen Simone Kessell in his office. Thomas attends a course on Coping with Redundancy but is asked to leave. He runs into Sara, who is doing a management course. The two go for a cup of coffee, which Thomas reluctantly accepts because he has a girlfriend. Later that evening, Thomas accompanies Wayne to a job interview, which turns out to be an escort driver. He will be responsible for driving prostitutes Tess Emma Nooyen and Lulu Luanne Gordon to their jobs. The madam, Janelle, reveals that Daddy owns the brothel. Wayne gets the job. ........

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