on the first viewing and this strike me a an overwrought film noir with the tragic overtone slather on heavily . on second and further viewing and it strike me that see a an extremely dark comedy and it hilarious . the so called comic relief become the entire point . now every time the horn of ring of fire announce power boothe stride in to the rescue and i be ready to bust a gut . the support player become either sean penn comic foil or high strung straight men . speaking of which and this movie really mark jon voight transition from wash up blonde lead man to a truly quirky and interesting character actor . my only complaint be that a theme from ennio morricone score keep run through my head before i could remember this be the movie where i hear it .