What? Nicholas Cage? In a noir set in Texas? What? Dennis Hopper is there too, completely cowboy'd up? WHAT? I can't hear you over HOW MUCH THIS MOVIE HAS EVERYTHING. Back before the New Millennium you might recall that Cage had other modes besides crazy-dialed-to-11-on-the-crazy-meter (which, by the way, I don't mind), and he's at maybe a 3 or 4 in this, which makes him easy to like as the hapless guy who falls into Problems (a noir archetype?). Hopper, on the other hand, has always had his own personal setting on The Meter, and while he's not quite broadcasting at Blue Velvet frequency, he's still rocking pretty hard as "Lyle from Dallas," a character who is always dressed in the most awesome way possible and who is always having fun. Lara Flynn Boyle is also there, remember her from Twin Peaks? Jesus Christ, did David Lynch cast this movie?
It's ok if he did, because he didn't write or direct it. Whoever did though (John Dahl, who directed the forgettable "You Kill Me" and who has apparently directed at least 1 episode of every show worth watching on cable in the last 3 years) probably woke up one morning and thought "Damn, what if someone made a movie like Blood Simple, but with a better cast, and not so serious?" Maybe describing it as not as serious is inaccurate, because a lot of people are in trouble throughout the movie, but Dennis Hopper's mania keeps the movie fun in spite of the body count.
Reasons why this is worth your time:
- Nicholas Cage
- Dwight Yoakam cameo
- Car/Train race/chase
- Dennis Hopper screaming and screaming
- It is on Netflix Instant
- I have given you enough reasons!
are there western suits? because that would be a reason.
ReplyDeletethat is all Dennis Hopper wears in this. I wanted to put in a picture, but couldn't find one with google and I was tired.
ReplyDeleteI need more reasons. plz.
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