Albino Alligator (1997)

Three small time New Orleans thieves, two brothers (Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise) and a psychopath (William Fichtner), are on the run from the law because of a bungled hold up. They hide out at a basement bar and take the owner (M. Emmet Walsh), barmaid (Faye Dunaway) and three customers (Viggo Mortensen, Skeet Ulrich, John Spencer) as hostages. But as they struggle to find a way out, everything falls apart around them. Actor Kevin Spacey's first directorial effort (far superior to his second, the misguided BEYOND THE SEA) is an intense thriller with a bleak view of mankind. Dunaway has a line at the film's end, "None of us are heroes" and boy, is she right! Those that survive the long night's siege will never be free of their guilt. Not surprisingly since he is an actor, Spacey elicits first rate performances from his entire cast notably Sinise and Dunaway. The restless score by Michael Brook keeps things on edge. With Joseph Mantegna and Frankie Faison.