Live Free or Die

Live Free or Die

The criminal mind is a terrible thing to waste

2006 · 89 min · ★ 5.4 · Action, Comedy, Crime

It's not the crime, it's the cover-up. In small-town, hard-scrabble New Hampshire, foul-mouthed all-talk slacker John "Rugged" Rudgate fancies himself a criminal. When a local plumber stares him down at a pub, Rugged vows revenge, pouring brake fluid in the man's water supply. When the man dies from unrelated causes, Rugged and his side-kick, the even dimmer Jeff, try to cover up what they think i

Directed by Andy Robin · Written by Gregg Kavet

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Aaron Stanford John "Rugged" Rudgate
Paul Schneider Lagrand
Michael Rapaport Putney
Kevin Dunn Monson
Zooey Deschanel Cheryl
Ebon Moss-Bachrach Gazaniga
Judah Friedlander Hesh
Peter Anthony Tambakis Marcus
R.E. Rodgers Oldfield
Kim Director Donna
Carlo Alban Todd Thomas
Clark Middleton Larry

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