Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred.
Acting
Hopper's unhinged, sweaty, magnificent swan song.
Direction
Kubrick's producer brings formal precision to grindhouse material.
Director
James B. Harris
Wesley Snipes
Jimmy Mercer
Dennis Hopper
Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
Lolita Davidovich
Vikki Dunbar
Viggo Mortensen
Ronnie
Seymour Cassel
Virgil Leach
Jonathan Banks
Max Waxman
Christine Elise
Carol
Tony Lo Bianco
Tony Dio
Valerie Perrine
Mona
James Tolkan
Levitt
Paul Gleason
Transaction Man
Lorraine Evanoff
Connie
Stephanie Williams
Sally Mercer
Tobin Bell
Roth
Bobby Hosea
Steve
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
James B. Harris produced Stanley Kubrick's first four films; this was his final directorial work after decades away from the director's chair.
Hopper reportedly rewrote much of his dialogue on set, pushing Red from standard villain toward something more tragic and weirdly sympathetic.
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