Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern
Neo noir from the pen of Jim Thompson. As usual this is a thoroughly dystopian view of humanity. We follow a brain-damaged ex-boxer as he wanders around the West, falls in with some scummy characters and gets drawn into an idiotic kidnapping scheme. This was not going to end well.
Patric was quite good in this role. The others were less convincing. What was Dern's hold on the Ward character? Was she just retarded? We know she's a drunk but who in his right mind would expect this plan to pay off?
Even with these flaws the resolution worked and fulfilled the viewer's expectations...most everyone was dead and the money lost. Pretty bleak stuff...all enacted in blazing sunshine.
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