Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.

• Gimme Five Films
• Alan Rickman
• Bryan Greenberg
• Shawn Hatosy
• Eliza Dushku
• Bill Pullman
• Mary Steenburgen
• Danny DeVito
• Ted Danson