Desert Saints (2002)

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Desert Saints: Directed by Richard Greenberg. With Brent Roam, Shawn Woods, Christopher Bersh, Kiefer Sutherland. An American assassin, who works for cartels in Latin America, is back in USA. He gets a woman before each job and kills her after. FBI’s on to him but are curious about his next big job.

“Richard Greenberg, the director of u0026quot;Desert Saintsu0026quot;, has been involved with a lot of movies as an assistant director. Itu0026#39;s clear he has learned his craft well. This film, which he co-wrote with Waley Nichols, came as a total surprise, not having seen it before.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you havenu0026#39;t seen the film, please stop reading here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eArthur Banks is a hired killer. Arthur is an educated man, who has gone to the other side of the law because he is an impeccable man as far as doing his job well for a lot of money. Donu0026#39;t double cross him though, because he will take care of anyone that dares to do so in a cool and detached manner, as we see him do as the film opens.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhen he meets Beenie, we wonder why is he taking a chance on the hitchhiking girl, or for that matter, what makes the girl go with this stranger, who might be a criminal on the loose. How naive can this woman be? Of course, this chance meeting is what is at the heart of the movie, as we shall see later on. In fact, Banks seems to have hand picked Beenie to mold her into his own plan.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn the meantime, we watch as FBI agents are following Banksu0026#39; trail all over Arizona. They know he is heading south to Mexico, but what is he going to do there? Arthur Banks is planning to take down a Mexican political figure, but things change for him unexpectedly as he prepares to do his thing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe last sequence is intriguing because itu0026#39;s something unexpected, as we watch how Beenie fools the people that want to talk to her. It appears that Beenie has a friend who has been working with her from within, but will Beenie be able to fool Arthur Banks? Well, your guess is as good as anyoneu0026#39;s because the ambiguous ending the cunning director has given his story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film works because of Kiefer Sutherlandu0026#39;s take on Arthur Banks. This actor always can be counted to deliver in anything he does. Besides his good looks, Mr. Sutherland projects an intelligence as he plays the character he is portraying on the screen, as proved by his many other films.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMelora Walters is also effective as Beenie, an enigmatic figure once we get to see her operate. Jamey Sheridan makes sense of his agent Scanlon, the man pursuing Banks through the desert. Leslie Stefansonu0026#39;s role shows a woman who might not be what she is supposed to be. Rachel Ticotin has a couple of good and hot scenes with Mr. Sutherland.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Desert Saintsu0026quot; is a film that surprises because the direction by Richard Greenberg.”

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