An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Acting
Baldwin and Basinger's real-life chemistry curdles into something genuinely unhinged.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a cigarette ad from 1994 — in the best way.
Director
Roger Donaldson
Alec Baldwin
Carter Doc McCoy
Kim Basinger
Carol McCoy
Michael Madsen
Rudy Travis
James Woods
Jack Benyon
David Morse
Jim Deer Jackson
Jennifer Tilly
Fran Carvey
Richard Farnsworth
Slim
Burton Gilliam
Gollie
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Frank Hansen
Royce D. Applegate
Gun Shop Salesman
Daniel Villarreal
Luis Mendoza
Alex Colon
Ramon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a remake of the 1972 Steve McQueen/Ali MacGraw film, which was itself adapted from a Jim Thompson novel — Baldwin reportedly studied McQueen's performance then deliberately did the opposite.
The Baldwin-Basinger marriage was tabloid poison in '94, and this film weaponized that voyeurism — audiences paid to watch a real couple's erotic tension curdle into mutual destruction.
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