When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to kill them both.
Cinematography
Robert Richardson makes Arizona look like hell's waiting room.
Acting
Nick Nolte's rotting-teeth villainy is unhinged perfection.
Direction
Stone at his most unhinged and visually hyperactive.
Director
Oliver Stone
Sean Penn
Bobby Cooper
Nick Nolte
Jake McKenna
Jennifer Lopez
Grace McKenna
Joaquin Phoenix
Toby N. Tucker
Claire Danes
Jenny
Powers Boothe
Sheriff Virgil Potter
Billy Bob Thornton
Darrell
Jon Voight
Blind Man
Abraham Benrubi
Biker #1
Richard Rutowski
Biker #2
Sean Stone
Boy in Grocery Store
Ilia Volok
Sergi
Brent Briscoe
Boyd
Bo Hopkins
Ed
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This flopped so hard it killed Stone's 90s hot streak, but critics now call it underrated neo-noir.
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