Movie Information
Overall Rank: 5877
Average Rating: 2.7/4
# of Ratings: 25
Theatrical Release Date: 04/08/1994
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Dahl
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Craig Reay, J.T. Walsh, Lara Flynn Boyle, Robert Apel, Dennis Hopper
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Rating of
2/4
Allison - wrote on 10/18/2008
This movie is so weird. And it steals David Lynch's actors from three of his different projects: Dennis Hopper (Blue Velvet), Nicholas Cage (Wild at Heart) and Lara Flynn Boyle (Twin Peaks series). Dennis Hopper is scary as usual, but this time he has a southern accent. Nicholas Cage double crosses everyone and so, he stands prominently in the way of danger. Overall, it wasn't that great, but it was definitely trying to be.
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
"Red Rock West" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 03/25/2012
Mistaken for a hired killer, drifter Nicolas Cage is offered $5,000 to murder a local bar owner's wife, who in turn offers him $10,000 to return the favour. Planning to just keep the money and skip town, he finds leaving Red Rock is a lot harder than he figured. This heavily Tarantino influenced noir-western hybrid has so many twists and turns, double crosses and double bluffs that by the end you're not sure you're coming or going. It's also a little dated as Lara Flynn Boyle must surely be the worst dressed femme fatale in cinema history. On the plus side, it looks good, has a nice soundtrack and is short and efficient enough to not outstay its welcome. Cage is doing his put-upon "this can't be happening to me!" persona rather than the usual bellowed sarcasm so he's quite bearable and …
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