Dead Dogs plot
"What would you kill for?"
Tom Kale, the young night porter at the Driftwood Inn, has led a lonely and bitter life since the love of his life, Carmen, left him for his brother Derek. Tom used to lead a criminal life, but now he spends his nights playing chess and flirting with a married chambermaid. Until brother Derek, who supports himself and Carmen with petty robberies, shows up at the hotel and persuades Tom to help complete a simple but grand scheme: the robbery of the Driftwood Inn. Tom's goodwill is suddenly broken by Derek's big brother manipulations and a burning desire for his ex-lover. On the weekend of the Fourth of July, the US National Day, things get out of hand: After the big 'fireworks', nothing will stay as it was