Red Rock West (1993) starring Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh. Michael Williams (Cage) drives from Texas to Wyoming looking for work, only to be turned down because he has a bum leg. On a tip, he drives to the town of Red Rock, where he hopes to find a job. Instead, he is mistaken for "Lyle from Dallas," a hired killer who has been engaged by the sheriff, Wayne Brown (Walsh), to kill his wife Suzanne (Flynn Boyle). Williams, who is basically an honest man, can't resist the down payment of $5,000 that Wayne offers him. But he has no intention of killing anyone. Unfortunately, he hits a pedestrian on the way out of town. And then events begin to spiral out of control when the real Lyle from Dallas (Hopper) arrives in town. This is a twisty, action-packed noir thriller that, unfortunately, has holes in the plot that you could drive a truck through. Still, fun to watch. Good subtitles and closed captions, too. Grade: B+
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