Red Rock West (1992)

Director

• John Dahl

Starring

• Nicolas Cage
• Lara Flynn Boyle
• Dennis Hopper
• J T Walsh
• Craig Reay

Last On

23:20-01:10 Sat 15th May 2010 110m
ITV1

Synopsis

The Last Seduction was the film that finally made people stand up and take notice of director John Dahl, but this film noir thriller is almost its equal. Nicolas Cage, this time in a non-comic variation on his innocent dupe persona, plays the hapless drifter who is mistaken for a hitman by JT Walsh and sent to murder Walsh's wife (Lara Flynn Boyle). Things go from bad to worse when the real assassin (the demonic Dennis Hopper) turns up. The plot twists and turns deliciously, and Dahl's deft direction strikes a clever balance between knowing humour and genuine suspense. The performances are almost uniformly good, with only Boyle's unconvincing femme fatale letting the side down.