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Very Bad Things is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Berg released in USA on 25 november 1998 with Jon Favreau
Very Bad Things (1998)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 november 1998
Length 1h40
Directed by Peter Berg
OriginUSA
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films
Rating62%
Very Bad Things is a 1998 American black comedy film directed by Peter Berg, based on the book by Gene Brewer. It stars Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Christian Slater, Leland Orser and Jeanne Tripplehorn.
Synopsis
In the midst of preparing for his wedding and desperate for a break from his "Bridezilla" fiancée Laura (Cameron Diaz), Kyle Fisher (Jon Favreau) organizes a bachelor party in a Las Vegas hotel with his best friends: Charles Moore (Leland Orser), Robert Boyd (Christian Slater), and brothers Adam and Michael Berkow (Daniel Stern and Jeremy Piven), spending the night with drinks, drugs and a stripper/prostitute, Tina (Kobe Tai). Things go awry when Michael gets drunk and pays Tina extra money for sex in the bathroom only to accidentally slam her against a wall and impale a towel hook through her head, killing her instantly. As the group argues over what to do -- Adam insisting that they call the police, Boyd adamant about burying Tina's body in the desert -- a security guard comes to investigate the noise and sees Tina's corpse in the bathroom. In desperation, Boyd stabs the guard to death and the group is forced to dismember the bodies before taking them to the desert for burial.Actors
Jon Favreau
(Kyle Fisher)
Cameron Diaz
(Laura Garrety)
Christian Slater
(Robert Boyd)
Jeremy Piven
(Michael Berkow)
Daniel Stern
(Adam Berkow)
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