A Simple Plan
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1998 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Sam Raimi |
| Cast | Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe, Gary Cole |
| Genre | Crime thriller |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | A Simple Plan | – |
| Español | Un plan sencillo | Un plan sencillo |
| Français | Un plan simple | Un plan simple |
| Deutsch | Ein einfacher Plan | Ein einfacher Plan |
| Português | Um Plano Simples | Um Plano Simples |
| Italiano | Soldi sporchi | Soldi sporchi |
| Русский | Простой план | Prostoy plan |
| 中文（简体） | 简单计划 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 絕地計劃 | – |
| 한국어 | 심플 플랜 | Simple Plan |
| ไทย | A Simple Plan | A Simple Plan |
| Tiếng Việt | Một kế hoạch đơn giản | Mot ke hoach don gian |
| Bahasa Indonesia | A Simple Plan | A Simple Plan |
| 日本語 | シンプル・プラン | Shinpuru Puran |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which ordinary morality and sudden temptation collide within a collapsing chain of concealment
■ Synopsis
Three men find a large sum of money and gradually destroy their lives through secrecy, fear, and moral compromise.
■ RECIPE Tags
#MoralCompromise #GreedAndFear #ConcealmentChain #OrdinaryCorruption #IrreversibleChoice
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Temptation inside ordinary life
Reason: The crime begins not through criminal identity but through an ordinary person’s first compromise.
Related Film: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Middle: Concealment as moral acceleration
Reason: Each attempt to preserve the lie produces a larger ethical collapse.
Related Film: Shallow Grave - Core: Irreversibility of one corrupted choice
Reason: The central movement leads from a simple decision to a point where innocence cannot be recovered.
Related Film: Fargo
■ Secondary Axes
- Family pressure: Domestic security becomes the justification for escalating wrongdoing.
Related Film: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead - Money as fate trigger: Found wealth exposes what was already fragile inside the human order.
Related Film: No Country for Old Men
■ Person
- Director: Sam Raimi
- Cast: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe, Gary Cole
■ Structural Tags
#ConcealmentChain #MoralCollapse #IrreversibleChoice
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #1998Film #CrimeThriller #NovelAdaptation
