On the run from the law, desperate drug runner Astor and his beautiful prisoner struggle through the savage heat...
Acting
Alfred Molina doing MORE than this movie deserves.
Cinematography
Actual scorching desert heat you can feel through the screen.
Production
Genuine 1996 direct-to-video energy, unpolished and raw.
Director
Brian Cox
Alfred Molina
Denis Brabant
Esai Morales
Astor
Patrick McGaw
Zac Cross
Angel Aviles
Nadia
Rubén Blades
Border Patrolman Sam Zaragosa
Kevin Tighe
California County Sheriff Rawley Gill
Matthew McConaughey
El Rojo
Tony Genaro
Arturo
John Doe
Deputy
Richard Edson
Lem Wells
Tito Larriva
Bartender
Miguel Sandoval
Mexican Judicial
Tamara Mello
Girl in Alley
Luis Antonio Ramos
Coyote at Orchard
Jessika Cardinahl
Eva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Brian Cox (not the actor) made only two features; this was his last before disappearing into TV work.
Part of a forgotten 1990s wave of gritty border thrillers that couldn't decide if they were noir or western, all overshadowed by Traffic years later.
US
