‘Too Much Sleep’: A Security Guard Loses His Gun

Director David Maquiling’s independent feature enjoys the detour.

Security guard Jack Crawford (Mark Palmieri) loses his service pistol, in “Too Much Sleep.” GJW+

NR | 1h 28m | Comedy, Mystery | 1997

In crime stories from Hong Kong or Japan, losing a service pistol carries a particular kind of humiliation. The weapon belongs to the badge, the unit, and the chain of command. Somewhere out in the city that gun might surface in the wrong hands. The man who misplaced it ends up tied to whatever follows.