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Desert Saints
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by Live / Artisan
Sales Rank: 51049
Price: $44.98
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There's lots of desert in this made-for-cable caper, but not many saints. Banks (Keifer Sutherland) is a hit man for hire and Bennie (<I>Magnolia</I>'s Melora Walters) is the abused wife he takes on as an accomplice. She just wants a ride out of town. If it means driving the getaway car while Banks makes his next hit--so be it. As the duo drives from Arizona to Mexico for his next assignment, Banks turns out to be more sensitive than he at first appears, while the seemingly ditsy Bennie turns out to be smarter. Jamey Sheridan (<I>Law & Order: Criminal Intent</I>) plays the FBI agent who's hot on their trail. <I>Desert Saints</I>, which was coproduced by Meg Ryan and premiered on Cinemax, is a taut thriller with a twist at the end. What it lacks in humor and excitement, it makes up for with solid performances and an abundance of lost highway atmosphere. <I>--Kathleen C. Fennessy</I>
Viewer Reviews
Smart enough to have seen it once on cable and rented it afterwards. The writing and the lead performances are smart and natural. Not entirely persuaded by the very last twist - of two - though, as if director Richard Greenberg had had second thoughts of an already fair resolution.
Reminds me of director Carl Colpaert's 'Delusion' (1991), starring Jim Metzler and Jennifer Rubin. An accountant (Metzler) drives through the Nevada desert after having embezzled his underworld bosses; he helps out attractive girl (Rubin) and her boyfriend (Kyle Secor), a couple whose car has broken down in the middle of nowhere. The accountant is unaware that Secor, who'll figure out his scam, is a professional killer. Although he'll live to regret both his ill deed and his humanitarian gesture, will turn out more resourceful than any of his mobster adversaries - and get to keep the girl, too. Jerry Orbach makes a memorable turn. Why this thoroughly enjoyable surprise of a movie is out only on VHS still, I'll never know.
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