Red Rock West

Name: Red Rock West
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 8, 1994
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Bobby Joe McFadden, Craig Reay, Dale Gibson, Dennis Hopper, J.T. Walsh

1994

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Comstock | Release Date: April 8, 1994 | TV-14

Starring: Bobby Joe McFadden, Craig Reay, Dale Gibson, Dennis Hopper, J.T. Walsh, Lara Flynn Boyle, Nicolas Cage, Robert Apel, Ted Parks, Vance Johnson

Summary: Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue.

Director: John Dahl

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 98 min

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Gene Siskel

The excellence of Red Rock West goes beyond the intricate plotting by brothers John and Rick Dahl. The casting couldn't be better. Read full review

Richard Harrington

The acting is solid throughout, from Cage's subdued but fuming Michael and Hopper's familiarly psychotic Lyle, to Walsh's weaselly Wayne and Boyle's fatal femme. It is a treasure waiting to be discovered. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

A racily entertaining, wonderfully sly and goofy comic film noir with more twists than a mountain road-or, to darken the metaphor, than a cartrunk full of rattlesnakes. Read full review

Richard Schickel

It has the kind of tension and energy -- maybe even a touch of delirium -- that is only a memory in most of today's big studio movies. Read full review

Christopher Harris

Given the stereotypical elements that director John Dahl and his co-writing brother Rick have used to construct Red Rock West, it's surprising that the result is a neat and prickly little thriller, dressed up in cowboy noir clothing. [07 Jan 1994]

Steve Persall

Good performances and flashes of goose-bump-raising wit, but one is left wondering what all the fuss was about. [16 Sep 1994, p.12]

Jonathan Rosenbaum

A rather ho-hum if watchable neo-noir. Read full review

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Mar 29, 2020

If you haven't seen this movie yet your in for a treat, it is one of the best performances from Nicholas Cage and Dennis Hopper, the movie has many twists and turns leading to the end for a 90s movie it is way ahead of it's time, and I won't ruin the plot and it easily belongs in the top 5If you haven't seen this movie yet your in for a treat, it is one of the best performances from Nicholas Cage and Dennis Hopper, the movie has many twists and turns leading to the end for a 90s movie it is way ahead of it's time, and I won't ruin the plot and it easily belongs in the top 5 best Nicholas cage movies and performances.… Expand

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