EIsihloko sephrojekthi sisho igama lobuciko le-protagonist yefilimu: umuntu ongazikhohlisi onomzuzu omubi wobungcweti, kepha ngenxa yokufakwa kwensizwa njengomsizi ofuna ukuzinikela emhlabeni womlingo, uzothola indlela yokuphinda athole ugqozi olulahlekile.
UJohn Malkovich uzoba ngumxhumanisi, uColin Hanks umsizi wakhe omusha noTom Hanks ubaba wale nsizwa, ngokungavumelani ngokuphelele nezenzo zakhe. Lesi sakhiwo singikhumbuza Umlando ovela kwaBronx kepha ukushintsha ukuhweba kwemilingo ukuze kuthathwe ama-mobster. Uma isakhiwo sifana, kungabonakala njengehlaya elikhulu kodwa kuzofanele silinde. Kumele kushiwo ukuthi uHanks uqobo, ngenkampani yakhe yePlaytone, ukhiqiza iteyipu. Umqondisi wefilimu uzoqondiswa ngumuntu osanda kufika uSean McGinly, naye ongumbhali wesikripthi, ozohola ifilimu yakhe yokuqala enkulu eLos Angeles.
UColin Hanks, owazalwa ngo-1977, uyindodana kaTom noSamantha Lewes, unkosikazi wokuqala kaHanks ahlukanisa naye ngo-1987, futhi ngemuva kokuqala ifilimu kwifilimu i-Orange County nokubonakala kwakhe ochungechungeni olunjengoRoswell, wazinikela ekwazini ngendlela eningi ngemuva kokuvela kwakhe enguqulweni yeKing Kong kaPeter Jackson.
