Armed robber Hi McDonnaugh is repeatedly caught, imprisoned and released, every time he is caught his mugshot is taken by the same policewoman Edwinna, who he subsequently marries.
Having been turned down for adoption because of Hi's criminal record, they kidnap a local entrepeneurs son. From here events decend into chaos with Hi punching his boss for suggesting wife swapping, steraling napppies and his marriage on the rocks.
A biker Leonard Smalls sees the reward for the baby but Hi's friends Gale and Evelle kidnap the baby first with view to collecting the reward but then decide to keep him.
Hi and Ed eventually get the baby back and are forgiven by the baby's father when they give him back.
I found that I did not connect with the characters in this film, I had no emotional investment in the film and found that the story did not connect with the issues surrounding it.
I did find that the opening montage set the scene really well thoough and gave me an initial insight into the two main characters.
This film was the brothers second offering and contrasted starkly with BLOOD SIMPLE. It is lighter and funnier in contrast to the darkness in BLood Simple. This shows the pattern throughout the brothers films that each one is completely different to the last.
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