Sean Bean and Chris Hemsworth turned up together in 2010's Cash, a crime thriller that disappeared quickly after release. The pairing came before Hemsworth's breakout with Thor, which makes the film more interesting as a career marker than as a box-office event.
Directed by Stephen Milburn Anderson, Cash is also called Ca$h. Sean Bean plays a stranger who appears at the couple's doorstep and demands repayment, while Chris Hemsworth and Victoria Profeta play Sam and Leslie, the pair at the center of the story. Sean Bean's The Killing mention sits inside autumn crime-drama preview
Roadside Attractions handled the film in the United States, and Lionsgate handled it on home video. The release also sits in an awkward pocket of Hemsworth's timeline: he had played Captain Kirk's father in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek a year earlier, but Thor in 2011 is the role that changed his profile far more decisively.
The movie's premise is simple, but its commercial footprint was not. The couple keep a briefcase full of money instead of turning it in to the authorities, and the film was described as a low-budget release that made little impact at the box office. Its 32% audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes lines up with that limited reach, leaving Cash as a near-forgotten title that survives mostly because of who happened to be in it.
For viewers chasing the early Hemsworth record, the value of Cash is less about the story than the placement. It shows Sean Bean and Chris Hemsworth sharing a screen before The Avengers era made Hemsworth a fixed part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it is the sort of film that rewards curiosity more than repeat viewing.
