Red Rock West

Red Rock West

1993 · 98 min · EN · R · 6.6 (286 votes)
Dir. John Dahl · Starring Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh, Timothy Carhart, Dan Shor · Music William Olvis

Where nothing is as it seems.

CrimeDramaThriller

When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

VIBE

A sun-baked, dusty neo-noir where desperation and bad luck collide. Every character is playing an angle, and the air is thick with suspicion and the promise of violence. It's a slow-burn descent into a morally grey landscape.

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