Five Underrated Thrillers To Consider: Part I
Red Rock West (1993)
Red Rock West is a manly Nic Cage movie that has fallen under the radar. It came before Cage hit the big time and before his shitty dramatic phase. I’d actually put this as one of his top five movies, maybe even top three. It’s almost as good as Con Air, Face/Off and The Rock. Almost. It’s a cool game of cat and mouse, not just the screenplay, but with Cage acting one minute and just plain trolling seconds later. Just like a typical Cage movie. Leaving Las Vegas? Fuck that shit, this one is five times the fun.
Former Marine Nicolas Cage lives out of the trunk of his car, literally using it as a drawer for clothing. At his last five dollars, he is looking for a job. J.T. Walsh offers him one, mistaking him for a hitman he ordered to kill his wife (understandable). Cage takes the money and runs, Walsh finds out he’s been trolled and he and the real hitman (Dennis Hopper) give chase.
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