A 1998 crime thriller starring Billy Bob Thornton, "A Simple Plan," is now available to stream for free, giving audiences a chance to revisit an overlooked entry in the actor's filmography beyond his well-known role in "Fargo". Directed by Sam Raimi shortly before his career-defining work on "Spider-Man", the film is a darkly comic neo-noir set in Minnesota that shares tonal similarities with the Coen brothers' classic, likely benefiting from its success when it was greenlit.

The story follows three characters, played by Thornton, Bill Paxton and Bridget Fonda, who discover a bag of cash and descend into mutual suspicion and betrayal as they try to keep their find secret. It arrived at a mixed point in Raimi's career, following the modest box-office performances of "Darkman" and "The Quick and the Dead", before his fortunes turned decisively with "Spider-Man" in 2002. The film is now streaming free, reportedly on Pluto TV.