A very messy thriller involving the discovery of a body in the desert (with flesh eating bird standing by for interesting detail) with a suitcase next to it filled with a large amount of cash, and the arrival of local New Mexico sheriff Willem Dafoe who is ordered to bring the suitcase to a hotel, ultimately assaulted by two women.
Further developments have him involved with federal agents (one of them a young Samuel L. Jackson) and a slew of women, one of them trying to get into his hotel room and later found dead while he's out at the rodeo with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. By this time, Dafoe is perplexed and a good percentage of the audience is checking his watch.
Intriguing at first, just ends up with a ton of really idiotic twists and turns that go down far too many dead end streets. In trying to seem intelligent and complex, this results in turning into a tedious crime action film with neo noir elements that just become frustrating. It's one of those films that the audience will try to stick with hoping it will all make sense at the end. Sadly not to be.
Further developments have him involved with federal agents (one of them a young Samuel L. Jackson) and a slew of women, one of them trying to get into his hotel room and later found dead while he's out at the rodeo with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. By this time, Dafoe is perplexed and a good percentage of the audience is checking his watch.
Intriguing at first, just ends up with a ton of really idiotic twists and turns that go down far too many dead end streets. In trying to seem intelligent and complex, this results in turning into a tedious crime action film with neo noir elements that just become frustrating. It's one of those films that the audience will try to stick with hoping it will all make sense at the end. Sadly not to be.