In debt up to his neck, Chris, a petty drug dealer working the skids of Dallas, finds no better way to get out of trouble than by having his unworthy mother killed for the $50,000 insurance. Convincing his no-good, alcoholic father (Thomas Haden Church) and his father's second wife (Gina Gershon) – with whom he's never gotten along – that the deed must be done, Chris contracts angel of death and part-time cop Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) for the actual job. With Chris unable to pony up an advance, Joe offers an alternative: until he receives his money, he has free reign to go after Chris' teenage sister...

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