''Live Once, Die Twice'' is a 2006

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directed by

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. It stars

Kellie Martin Kellie Martin (born October 16, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Rebecca "Becca" Thatcher in '' Life Goes On'' (1989–1993), Lucy Knight on '' ER'' (1998–2000), Samantha Kinsey in the ''Mystery Woman'' TV film serie ...

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, and

Martin Cummins Martin Cummins (born November 28, 1969) is a Canadian actor known for his role as Ames White in '' Dark Angel'' and as Nick Boyle in '' Poltergeist: The Legacy''. Life and career Cummins went to Seaquam Secondary School in the town of North Del ...

Plot

The movie starts with Nicole Lauker saying goodbye to her husband as he and his friend leave to go fishing for three days. As the night comes, the doorbell rings and Nicole answers. It is the police, who inform Nicole that the boat has been destroyed by a bomb and Evan (her husband) is dead. They believe the death was contrived and suspect that Evan was possibly dealing with illegal substances. Nicole is devastated and refuses to believe that her husband has any connection with drugs. That night she gets a call from somebody who had intended to join Evan on the trip but was delayed. He tells her to find "the money", or the men Evan betrayed will kill her too. As she is searching for the money, she finds an envelope for an address in

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. To throw the FBI off her trail Nicole goes to her friend's house and convinces her to dress like her, leave and drive Nicole's car to

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so the suspicious FBI will follow her friend while Nicole goes to find the man at the address. Nicole is shocked to learn that the man at the address died recently in a fire. His wife, a stripper named Zoe, invites Nicole in. They share stories and pictures and soon discover that Evan was married to them both. Zoe has an exact replica of a bird statue that Evan gave Nicole for an anniversary, which is the clue they need to find Evan. Nicole and Zoe seek help from Zoe's bounty hunter friend Mac. Together they go to the art museum where Evan purchased the statues and learn that he is alive, living under another name and address. They go to his house to confront him; Nicole goes in alone. Evan manages to persuade Nicole that he is actually an undercover agent for the State Department. He justifies his bigamy and two faked deaths as necessary to pull off a $5 million deal with criminals, as ordered by his handler. Suspicious, Nicole demands to participate in the platinum for cash exchange, and Evan reluctantly agrees. Apparently impressed by her resourcefulness and still professing his love for Nicole, Evan asks her to run away with him to the

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. Nicole tells Zoe and Mac that her future is with Evan and agrees to run off with him. Evan kidnaps Nicole and Zoe and takes them away on his boat. When Evan tries to kill Zoe, Mac shoots Evan. Gunfire is exchanged, and Mac is killed. Nicole saves Zoe and confronts Evan, who taunts Nicole and challenges her to go ahead and shoot him. When Nicole hesitates, Evan laughs at her, calling her weak. But before he can shoot her, Nicole shoots him with a spear gun.

Cast

as Nicole Lauker *

as Zoe Ravena *

as Evan Lauker/Luke Ravena/Ken Varleau *

Bruce Gray Bruce Gray (September 7, 1936 – December 13, 2017) was a Canadian actor, known for multiple roles in films and television shows for over 5 decades. Early Years Gray was born in Puerto Rico and lived in Toronto after 1949. He graduated from ...

as Earl Macduff *Sadie LaBlanc as Lucy (Maid) *Graham Cuthbertson as Grunt # 1 *Mark Antony Krupa as Ivan *Caroline Redekopp as Reporter *Patricia Stasiak as Stripper *

Stéphane Demers Stéphane Demers (born 1966) is a Canadian actor best known for having portrayed Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the television mini-series '' Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making''. He also appeared in the television series ''Trauma'', ...

as Adrien Gillette

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0469810 Lifetime (TV network) films 2006 television films 2006 films Canadian thriller television films 2006 drama films English-language Canadian films 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films