what we have here be a damn good little ninety thriller that and while perhaps lack in substance and still provide great entertainment throughout it run time and overall do everything you could possibly want a film of this nature to do . i saw this film principally because it be direct by john dahl a highly underrated director behind great thriller such a the last seduction and rounder and roadkill . i figure that if this film be up to standard of what i have already see from the director and it would be well worth watch and red rock west be certainly a film that dahl can be proud of . the plot focus on the overly moral michael while a man travel across america look for work . he end up find it one day when he stumble upon a bar in red rock county only catch be that the job be to murder a man wife . he be mistake for a killer name lyle and but instead of do the job while he play both side against each other and eventually plan to make a getaway . however and his attempt to escape be unsuccessful and he find himself in a bad situation when the real lyle turn up . john dahl appear to enjoy set thriller on the road while he do it three year earlier with kill me again and and again almost a decade on from this film with roadkill . it not hard to see why dahl choose this sort of location and a it provide a fabulous atmosphere for a thriller the like of this one . dahl also provide his film with a film noir like atmosphere and a the plot mainly focus on the central character and the word he be plunge into be full of dark and mysterious character . the acting be largely very good and with nicholas cage do an excellent job in the lead role and and get a class support from lara flynn boyle and j. t. walsh and and of course and dennis hopper while who once again command the screen with his over the top performance . it have to be say that the second half of the film isn not as grip a the first and but red rock west certainly be never boring and the way that dahl orchestrate the grand finale be excellent in that all the central character get to be a part of it . overall and red rock west be a film that youre unlikely to regret watching . it thrill throughout and and you can not ask for much more than that .