"Chain of Fools", also known by its production title, "Shiny New Enemies" is a heist comedy-romance about a haples barber Barber named Kresk (Steve Zahn). Steve Zahn (born November 13, 1968) is an American comedic actor who has appeared in more than 30 films. ...

Plot

Kresk is a loser -- he isn't good at his job, he's been tossed out of his home, and his wife just dumped him for the marriage counselor. Now he's depressed, and contemplating suicide. And yes, things get worse: a criminal named Avnet (Jeff Goldblum) has stolen three priceless coins, and decided to blackmail Bollingsworth (Tom Wilkinson), his billionaire partner in crime. After Kresk overhears this, he almost gets shot -- and Avnet ends up impaled on a pair of barbers' scissors. Jeffrey Lynn Jeff Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is a Jewish American film actor. ... Tom Wilkinson, OBE, born December 12, 1948, is a British actor. ...

Now Kresk is in a considerably nastier situation, so he steals the gun and the coins. But things take a sharp turn when he hires a hit man named Mikey (Elijah Wood), and discovers that the hit man is only seventeen and emotionally traumatized by his parents' suicide. And that Kresk is falling for the cop/Playboy model Sgt. Meredith Kolko (Salma Hayek), and that his nephew Scottie (Devin Drewitz) has now swallowed the coins. Now Kresk is in over his head, and has to deal with the strange and sometimes dangerous people around him. Elijah Wood in Wellington (New Zealand) Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is a U.S. actor. ... Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Salma Hayek Salma Hayek (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican actress, born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. ...

Crew

"Chain of Fools" was written by Bix Skahill and directed by an entity known as "Traktor." This is not, in fact, a single person, but a Swedish production team consisting of five directors and two producers. A modern farm tractor. ...