Scorched

Scorched (with the 'Danish' title Robbery) is a quirky little comedy about a very strange bank robbery. The plot reveals how three independent robberies can take place at the same time and in the same place.

Scorched takes place over a weekend in a small desert town, where three disgruntled bank employees, Sheila, Stuart and Jason, are each planning to rob the bank. Sheila's boyfriend, the bank's manager Rick, has just dumped her after she supported him financially so that he could pursue further training. So she wants revenge on him.

It is also revenge that drives the animal lover Jason. He has taken against the bank's biggest client, the wealthy Charles Merchant, a passionate hunter who is therefore happy to blast away at Jason's little friends. If only Jason could get his hands on Merchant's private safe-deposit box. Stuart is really too conscientious to rob a bank, but his friend Max, who is always short of money, puts pressure on him. Another person for whom the weekend's events prove extraordinarily significant is Carter Doleman, who has just been hired at the branch.

The plot sprawls in all directions in Scorched, which cannot avoid becoming somewhat superficial. An entertaining trifle.