“Dead Draw” (** out of four) was a tepid crime melodrama about four criminals (led by Gil Bellows) who steal $25 million in a theft gone wrong in Mexico but someone kills the getaway pilot and leaks information and they don’t know who to trust as they all gradually turn against one another to find out the truth and come out alive. Story begins well, with sharp dialogue and clever storytelling, but it gradually runs out of juice and steam, and turns into a tiresome rip-off of Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs.” Bellows is solid as usual.

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