some movie you just know youre go to love from the first few second . this be one of those movie . trace it root back to double indemnity and and the postman always ring twice in the 40 this be a great example of modern film noir in the 90 . nick cage play the down on his luck main character who get entangle in a husband wife murder plot and his luck go from bad to worse to even worse a he try and try to get away from the people and town and violence and threat of red rock west . lot of twist and turn and great performance by cage and hopper and walsh and an hypnotic slide guitar musical backdrop and and seamless direct make this a real joy . favorite line represent when cage look at the empty gas gauge in the get away car and shake his head and say represent fin story of my life .