Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Synopsis: After making that perennial pulp-fiction faux pas--botching a robbery--a mismatched criminal gang takes to the road, only to splinter violently after the most psychopathic member of the crew takes to killing random innocents for sport. On the lam to the titular city for their next... After making that perennial pulp-fiction faux pas--botching a robbery--a mismatched criminal gang takes to the road, only to splinter violently after the most psychopathic member of the crew takes to killing random innocents for sport. On the lam to the titular city for their next rendezvous, the group takes a couple hostage and evades Mafia hitmen. A by-the-numbers hipster neo-noir, slickly but fluffily directed by Sutherland in his sophomore effort behind the camera. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, Kim Dickens
Screenwriter: Brad Mirman
Composer: Jude Cole
Producer: Philip M. Goldfarb, J. Paul Higgins, Kevin J. Messick, Brad Mirman, Hilary Wayne
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It's a derivative setup, and the entire film's turn of events is just as unoriginal, but taken at face value as a thriller, it works.
Both the protagonists and the film are doomed from the start, in this vulgar and mindless action flick.


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