In 1970, in order to pay for college, 18-year-old Craig Glazer, teamed up with Don Woodbeck, a reckless Vietnam Veteran.

They posed as undercover cops, DEA, FBI, Border Patrol, and IRS Agents in order to stage elaborate "stings" and rip-off drug dealers, the Mexican Mafia, and the Colombian Cartel for millions.  

One of them went on to become the youngest Special Agent in US history.

The other, did not survive. 

do

you

have

what

it

takes?

to

be

a

real

outlaw?

Craig Glazer and Don Woodbeck pulled over 35 stings.

They posed as drug dealers, and undercover operatives from just about every US agency.

They followed scripts that Craig would write.

And got "into character" for their roles in each sting.

Craig loved the theatrics.

Don loved the adrenaline.

Don didn't survive to tell the story.

a

modernday

western

set against the backdrop of Arizona's painted deserts

and the vibrant underbelly of it's cities

with fast cars, hot girls, drugs, money...

and non-stop action

craig glazer

WITTY - INTELLIGENT - DETERMINED - KINDHEARTED

This is a coming of age story for Craig, a kid that feels like he has to prove himself in the eyes of a father that's raised him on the principles of tough love. Like Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me if You Can, Craig is sadly in way too deep when he finally realizes the error of his ways, and the price he's inevitably going to have to pay. The tragedy is that he truly discovers a passionate outlet for himself, in law enforcement, but it's one that he will never again be able to pursue. 

Craig was seemingly born with the gift of gab, and can talk his way out of just about anything if given the opportunity. In this respect, he's much akin to William Goldman's version of Butch Cassidy, always full of ideas, the brains behind the operation. What he's lacking is the confidence to carry out his ambitions. 

Throughout the course of the movie, and Don's tutelage, we're going to watch Craig transform into a man that encompasses the best attributes of both he and Don. In many respects, he enters this story as a child, and emerges at the end as a complete man, one that's ready and able to take on the world. But having paid a terrible price to do so. 

Craig is also the moral compass, that at times, reigns in Don's fast and loose attitude. He's full of heart, and for him, this is a tale of innocence lost. 

"My buddy Don once told me, the history books, they only remember the winners. You wanna write a page in that book, you gotta do something special. Something nobody else has the balls to do. Because in the end, we're all gonna die anyway."

-Craig Glazer

don woodbeck

GUTTY - RASCAL - INVINCIBLE - SLICK

Don is the kind of guy that lights up a room from the moment he enters it. He's Craig's larger than life partner, mentor and big brother figure. He's a classic anti-hero. The embodiment of rebellious scoundrels like Han Solo, Clint Eastwood's "Man With No Name" character, or Charles Bronson's "Harmonica Man" in Once Upon A Time in the West. If Craig is Butch Cassidy, Don is the Sundance Kid. He's a gunslinger, the guy that walks with enough bravado and confidence to take out an entire room full of thugs. 

Don is like a big brother to Craig, a big brother that he never had. He helps Craig to overcome all of the uncertainties and apprehensions that Craig's father instilled in him. Through Don, Craig learns to stand up for himself, and to have the confidence to back his convictions. Don helps him become a better, more rounded man.

But Don is certainly not without his own flaws. His outward braggadocio and swagger only serve to mask his own inner fears and shortcomings. When he was younger, his parents abandoned him. Don came home one day and they were just gone. Picked up and left, and never told him where. That betrayal left Don with incredibly deep-seated abandonment issues that he's carried with him his entire life. Because of this, he doesn't allow himself to really get close to anyone. He keeps up his guard, because deep down inside, he's terrified of getting hurt again.

Don is the classic western anti-hero. He's a loner that primarily thinks of himself. But somewhere inside him, he desperately wants to do the right thing.   

"I'm not going to partner up with a guy that's not comfortable shooting at other human beings."

-Don Woodbeck 

KAREN LEE

PURE - SHARP - INDEPENDENT - DEEP

At first, Karen is the embodiment of everything that Craig thinks he wants. She's beautiful, popular, and comes from a well-to-do family. But the more he gets to know her, the more he discovers who she really is, and that she's much more than a pretty face. 

She is a woman of incredible moral depth and integrity, and she ultimately makes Craig strive to be a better man. 

An only child, Karen lost her mother when she was young, and was raised primarily by her father, Attorney General Warner N. Lee, an old-fashioned thinking man who's outdated concepts on women's rights and their place in the work force have pushed Karen to fight her whole life, going against the grain of her own father, to make her place in the world. 

Karen is bold and feels the need to prove herself in a male dominated society. But it's something her father has learned to admire and respect about her, and has only strengthened their relationship over the years. 

Karen sees the true potential in Craig. She sees some of the same determination and struggle in him that's she's faced her whole life, and she's drawn to him because of it. But she's crushed when she learns the truth about him and what he's been doing. Through Karen, we're given the brief glimpse of a bright future that Craig came so close to achieving. 

"C'mon, they were outlaws. They had to die in the end. It's the tragedy of the lifestyle. Anything else would have been a false ending."

-Karen Lee