Red Rock West (1993)

Red Rock West: Directed by John Dahl. With Nicolas Cage, Craig Reay, Vance Johnson, Robert Apel. Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue.

“Red Rock West is what all films should be like. A genuinely interesting film with enough twists and turns to satisfy any sane human, it was tragically overlooked on its release. With Nicolas Cage (before his career went into orbit) in fine form and Dennis Hopper stealing scene after scene, this is a movie that withstands repeated watchings. The rest of the cast are uniformly excellent and the quirkiness of the setting (a small town in the middle of nowhere) never gets in the way. In short this is a great little film that deserves to be seen.”