Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU The plot is so complicated that it becomes simple after a while since everyone is crooked and all are twisted and there is no straight criminal in this film, no honest citizen either. Everyone is trying to take the others unawares and fool them around and get out of the trap with the money and apart form the only one who was not a criminal at the start, no one will get anything out of this case: all the money will end up in the bushes or in the sheriff's office, once the sheriff has been taken care of. So just follow the ranting story and try not to rave into some nightmare during the night. It is just entertainment and just silly mushy mucky thieving business with all the thieves trying to rob all the others of their shares. But it is true the plot is so tricky it will bring surprises all the time. But be careful there might be a con man or a hit man behind every single tree of this treeless waste land in Wyoming whose only way out is the train.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

Prismark10 Red Rock West is a modern film noir with twists upon twists and characters with the behaviour of rats tied in a sack.Its a gritty thriller with Nicholas Cage ends up in a bar and lies which leads him to all sorts of trouble. The bartender played by JT Walsh mistakes him for a hit-man and wants him to take out his wife.Lara Flynn Boyle is his hot wife and it looks she has a thing with a ranch hand and Cage warns her about her husband. As Cage leaves town in the pouring rain he hits a pedestrian and takes him to hospital. The police close in on him about the accident and the elected sheriff is suspicious and he turns out to be JT Walsh.Before long Dennis Hopper turns up as another suspicious character and then its a case of who to trust and who is lying while Cage tries to get away from Red Rock but keeps getting pulled back.In the wrong hands this film would be preposterous and absurd. Director John Dahl has a sure touch for the drama, he gets the right types of performances from his main stars, good use of music and action scenes and piles on the twists and double crosses.The 1990s were a good decade for Dahl and his Thriller Noirs which were essentially made on a low budget. One thing to notice in this film is that the police outside the Sheriff are rather smart and on the ball.

grantss Intriguing crime-drama. Set-up is great. Plot development is good - suspense is maintained throughout. Plot is interesting, but not watertight - some things just don't gel. Dialogue is a bit clichéd at times. Ending also feels a bit unrealistic.This all said, quite entertaining and always intriguing.Good performance from Nicholas Cage in the lead role. Lara Flynn Boyle puts in a solid performance as the femme fatale. Dennis Hopper overdoes the theatrics though.Supporting cast are OK. Best of the bunch would be Timothy Carhart as the lead Deputy Sheriff.

cmoyton John Dahls opening salvo as director ranks among the best compared to his fellow contemporary directors. Sandwiched between Kill Me Again and The Last Seduction, Red Rock West was one of three "neo noirs" directed by Dahl who now finds himself marooned in TV land. It has a cast to die for and Nicholas Cage at the peak of his career. It is fantastic to see that the late J.T. Walsh is given a substantial role as bar owner/sheriff Wayne and shares as much screen time as Cage, Hopper and Boyle.Cage plays an out of work jobless drifter who in desperation pretends to be someone else to secure employment. Unfortunately the "job" requires him to murder the wife of a small town bar owner. Although he takes the money and runs from the town of Red Rock his own honesty sucks him back into the town into a shed load of trouble. Being in noir territory plot twists and deception abound. Denniis Hopper excels as hit-man Lyle. His acting is a joy to behold - all the usual Hopper mannerisms are present and the razor sharp dialogue flows from his lips in a unique style that no other actor is ever likely to replicate again. A true one off. Having said that the movies sharpest line is given to bit part actor Dwight Yoakam. My only beef is how they made sexy actress Lara Flynn Boyle look so frumpy in her rural cowgirl clothing but her acting is first class as usual.Of course there are the usual plot contrivances only found in movies in order to move the story along - the worst possibly being Cage being rescued by Hopper (the man he happens to be impersonating) just after he escapes the clutches of J.T. Walsh's crooked sheriff.I am always amazed at the blank expressions i receive when i name check this movie to others. Do yourself a favour and rent/buy this movie immediately.