The Carrier (DVD)

Crime thriller starring John Cusack, Rebecca Da Costa and Robert De Niro. Assassin Jack (Cusack) is given a new assignment by his ruthless boss Dragna (De Niro): he must collect a bag without looking inside it and stay at a motel until Dragna arrives. At the motel there are many suspicious characters who all seem to want to get their hands on the bag and the murder count rises as Jack protects its contents. He meets prostitute Rivka (Da Costa), who is hiding out in his room, and is unsure whether he can trust her but allows her to stay because she knows too much. When Dragna eventually comes to the motel Jack learns that there is more to the mission than he first realised...