When a promised job for Texan Michael Williams (Nicolas Cage) fails to materialise in Wyoming , he goes to another location to look for an employment . Upon arriving to a small town his car breaks down , then Michel drifts into the hick town of Red Rock , there he's surprised when bar owner Brown (early deceased J. T. Walsh) assumes he is a hitman and hands over five grand as down payment on killing his wife Suzanne (Lara Flynn Boyle) . When the real hitman arrives , complications ensue . During his escape, things go awry, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman who goes after him . And that's just , the first 20 minutes .... All Roads Lead To Intrigue. Where nothing is as it seems.
Nice and complex Film Noir from a perversely corrupt , dark and traditionally condemned World in which deceiving , corruption , twisted romance , treason , ordinary Femme Fatale , numerous double-crosses and murders are ordinary happenings . The film contains an excellent atmosphere in which the mood of obsession , ambition and desire was never more suggestive and powerful . An enjoyable and attractive plot intensely revealed at every level with several surprises , twists and turns . Lots of action , crosses and double-crosses and a wickedly amusing heroine make for a devilishly entertaining movie . Interesting and tortuous storyline written by Rick Dahl and director John Dahl himself following the source novels of the 40s written by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler as well as classic films as Out of the Past , The Big Sleep or The Maltese Falcon . Main and support cast are pretty good. Nicolas Cage gives an acceptable acting in his usual style as a drifter who's mistaken for a hitman, taking full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs . He is very well accompanied by an excellent cast providing awesome acting ,such as : Dennis Hooper , J. T. Walsh , and Timothy Carhart . And special mention for Lara Flynn Boyle who gives the interpretation of her life as the most rotten , evil femme fatale to ever hit the big screen and in similar style to Linda Fiorentino from The Last seduction (1994).
The motion picture was well directed by John Dahl , considered to be the master of modern noir , delivering another stylish hit exploring the darkest of some ambitious people . Dahl shares fine friendhip with director Francis Ford Coppola , in fact Coppola was an outspoken fan of Dahl's debut feature film Kill me again (1989) , and helped Red Rock West (1993) get off the ground by convincing his nephew Nicolas Cage to star in the film. Dahl has directed interesting , successful and prestigious action , drama , and noir triller movies , such as : The last seduction, Unforgettable , Rounders , Kill me again , Joy ride , You kill me and this Red Rock West. Rating : 7/10. Well worth seeing . Above average. The flick will appeal to Nicolas Cage , Lara Flynn Boyle and Dennis Hooper fans .
Nice and complex Film Noir from a perversely corrupt , dark and traditionally condemned World in which deceiving , corruption , twisted romance , treason , ordinary Femme Fatale , numerous double-crosses and murders are ordinary happenings . The film contains an excellent atmosphere in which the mood of obsession , ambition and desire was never more suggestive and powerful . An enjoyable and attractive plot intensely revealed at every level with several surprises , twists and turns . Lots of action , crosses and double-crosses and a wickedly amusing heroine make for a devilishly entertaining movie . Interesting and tortuous storyline written by Rick Dahl and director John Dahl himself following the source novels of the 40s written by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler as well as classic films as Out of the Past , The Big Sleep or The Maltese Falcon . Main and support cast are pretty good. Nicolas Cage gives an acceptable acting in his usual style as a drifter who's mistaken for a hitman, taking full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs . He is very well accompanied by an excellent cast providing awesome acting ,such as : Dennis Hooper , J. T. Walsh , and Timothy Carhart . And special mention for Lara Flynn Boyle who gives the interpretation of her life as the most rotten , evil femme fatale to ever hit the big screen and in similar style to Linda Fiorentino from The Last seduction (1994).
The motion picture was well directed by John Dahl , considered to be the master of modern noir , delivering another stylish hit exploring the darkest of some ambitious people . Dahl shares fine friendhip with director Francis Ford Coppola , in fact Coppola was an outspoken fan of Dahl's debut feature film Kill me again (1989) , and helped Red Rock West (1993) get off the ground by convincing his nephew Nicolas Cage to star in the film. Dahl has directed interesting , successful and prestigious action , drama , and noir triller movies , such as : The last seduction, Unforgettable , Rounders , Kill me again , Joy ride , You kill me and this Red Rock West. Rating : 7/10. Well worth seeing . Above average. The flick will appeal to Nicolas Cage , Lara Flynn Boyle and Dennis Hooper fans .