In the Shadows (2001) Matthew Modine James Caan Joey Lauren Adams Lillo Brancato Cuba Gooding Jr

When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends hit man Eric O Bryne (Modine) to kill the stunt coordinator Lance Huston (Caan). O Bryne gets close to his mark s daughter Clarissa (Adams), and through her asks her dad to teach him to do stunts. While waiting for the word to kill this mentor, O Bryne discovers the joy of stunt work and of being part of a family. Meanwhile, several people are looking for the dead man s briefcase with money and a cloth bag with illegal drugs that he stole from an undercover FBI agent now desperate to get the borrowed drugs back to the bureau.