Where nothing is as it seems.
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
- 6.7
- 1993
- Released
- 1h 38m
Nicolas Cage
Michael Williams
Dennis Hopper
Lyle from Dallas
Lara Flynn Boyle
Suzanne Brown
J. T. Walsh
Wayne Brown
Timothy Carhart
Deputy Matt Greytack
Dan Shor
Deputy Russ Bowman
Dwight Yoakam
Truck Driver
Craig Reay
Jim
Vance Johnson
Mr. JohnsonRobert Apel
HowardBobby Joe McFadden
Old Man
Dale Gibson
KurtTed Parks
CashierBabs Bram
ReceptionistRobert Guajardo
DoctorSarah Sullivan
NurseMichael Ruud
Red Rock BartenderPeter Kevin Quinn
Truck Driver's BuddyShawn Michael Ryan
Ted
Barbara Glover
Jane
Robert Beecher
Caretaker
Jody Carter
Caretaker's Wife
Released
en
$8,000,000.00
$2,500,000.00
- #vietnam veteran
- #sheriff
- #wyoming, usa
- #hitman
- #gun
- #gas station
- #cemetery
- #motel
- #money
- #murder
- #bag of money
- #criminal
- #unemployment
- #war injury
- #oil rig
- #wife murder
- #neo-noir
Reviews
All Roads Lead To Intrigue. Red Rock West is directed by John Dahl who also co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Rick. It stars Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J. T. Walsh and Timothy Carhart. Music is by William Olvis and cinematography by Marc Reshovsky. When a promised job in Wyoming fails to materialise on account of an injury sustained in combat, Michael Williams (Ca
A bit dated looking at it over 20 years later, but still entertaining. A slick neo-noir that helped revive the genre.