Red Rock West (1992)

Directed by

John Dahl

Genre

drama film, crime film, neo-noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 400 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A drifter arrives in a small Wyoming town looking for work. He is mistaken for a hired killer and gets caught up in a web of deceit and double-crosses.

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What happens

Red Rock West is a 1993 American post-Western neo-noir thriller film directed by John Dahl and starring Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle, J. T. Walsh, and Dennis Hopper. Its plot focuses on a drifter who is mistaken for a hitman while traveling through a rural Wyoming community. The film was written by Dahl and his brother Rick, and shot in Arizona, Montana, and Los Angeles in 1992. The film premiered in several European countries and screened at the 1993 Toronto International Film Festival before being given a limited theatrical release in the United States, beginning at San Francisco's Roxie Theater on January 28, 1994. Its release expanded in Los Angeles and New York City that spring, but despite being critically acclaimed, the film was a box-office flop, grossing $2.5 million. The film became a cult hit with Nicolas Cage fans. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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