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Sticks ★★ 1998 (R)

Who knew cigars could cause so much trouble? Lenny (Brancato) discovers that an illicit shipment of Cuban cigars, the special private label of Castro himself, have been stolen. Maria (Machado) wants to swap the cigars for weapons to help liberate Cuba while her boyfriend Mark (Brunsmann) just wants some cold hard cash by selling the merchandise to a private Hollywood club frequented by high rollers. And Lenny sees a chance to make his own score. Too bad the mob and the feds have their own ideas. 94m/C VHS, DVD. Lillo Brancato, Leo Rossi, Justina Machado, Keith Brunsmann; D: Brett Mayer; W: Brett Mayer; C: Nils Erickson; M: Bill Elliott. VIDEO

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