i have never hear of this film prior to see it and i wonder if it be an independent film and and i be correct and but with a good cast i decide to chance it . basically drifter michael williams ( nicolas cage ) be in the town red rock and wyoming and look for a job and and meet bar owner wayne brown ( pleasantville j. t. walsh ) he be give a large sum of money and mistaken for a hit man he have hire to kill his unfaithful wife suzanne ( lara flynn boyle ) . he do not correct him and take the money and and go to warn suzanne and and after she make him a counteroffer and he decide he need to leave . when wayne know his real identity and he chase michael shoot a big gun and until he get in a car with lyle from dallas ( dennis hopper ) . but thing get complicate when michael realise lyle be the hit man he be mistake for and and he make a quick retreat . he go back to suzanne and and know they be both in danger and they plan to leave town together and and add another complication by fall for each other . before they leave however and suzanne insists they go and steal a big amount money in the safe . of course thing aren not go to go smoothly and and wayne and lyle catch up to them and and lyle force them and now tie up wayne to go and get the buried money . in the end and lyle and wayne both get what they deserve and michael and suzanne do get on a move train together and but it be obvious she care more about the money and and she get what she deserve too . also star craig reay a jim and vance johnson a mr. johnson and timothy carhart a deputy matt greytack and dwight yoakam a truck driver and robert apel a howard . the performance and apart from maybe a lame boyle and be all fine and dandy and and it have get quite a good film noir feel for a black comedy thriller . very good .