Red Rock West(1993) tells the story of a drifter (Nicholas Cage) looking for work who is mistaken by a bartender (JT Walsh) for "Lyle From Dallas" and offered a job. He accepts the job and payment before finding out that the job is murdering the bartender's wife (Lara Flynn Boyle). Then the real Lyle (Dennis Hopper) shows up. Then everybody double crosses each other a lot.
It seemed promising, early on. It had a good premise, the tone of it, early on, was good, and it's hard to go wrong with Dennis Hopper as a creepy, violent, insane guy.
But that early promise just did not last. After a while, it all just started to feel generic. I don't think I really needed to see one more movie where a villain said to a hero "I know guys like you! You think you're better than everybody else!" Actually, "said" doesn't cover it. He sort of monologued on the topic.
Also, buried treasure in a graveyard? I've seen way better movies use that one.
That said, it is sort of refreshing to see a movie with a good McGuffin. Hell yeah. A McGuffin.
Oh, also, Nicholas Cage's character is inconsistent. At the beginning, he is to honest to lie about a leg injury to get a job. Ten minutes later, He lies about HIS ENTIRE IDENTITY to get SOMEBODY ELSE'S JOB. What the hell?
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