Ben is a small-time gangster who gets the opportunity to earn a lot of money. His boss sends him to a remote ranch with bag full of drugs and orders him to wait for the buyer. But the routine drug deal turns to disaster because of Ben’s unprofessional associates.
Acting
Glenn Plummer carries mounting panic with perfect timing.
Direction
Reiner squeezes tension from empty desert spaces.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes stupidity brilliantly.
Director
Jeffrey Reiner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jeffrey Reiner later became a prolific TV director on Friday Night Lights and The Affair.
Part of a wave of 1990s indie crime films trying to be the next Reservoir Dogs on a shoestring.
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