Desert Saints
Banks is a hit man, the best, usually working for Latin American drug cartels. He picks up solitary women, uses them briefly for a job, then kills them. He's in the Southwest, headed toward Mexico, when he picks up Bennie, a woman leaving an abusive marriage, going to Paradise, Arizona. The film follows three tracks: Banks's slow recruitment of Bennie, the set-up for the hit at a swank resort in Mexico, and the FBI's close pursuit of Banks, whom they want alive in hopes he'll rat out his bosses. Bennie may not be who she seems, and there may be a chink in Banks's tough-guy armor. Guns, money, and a chance at Paradise.
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- Cast：
- Kiefer Sutherland , Melora Walters , Jamey Sheridan , Leslie Stefanson , Bill Sage , Keith Diamond , Shawn Woods
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That was an excellent one.
Sadly Over-hyped
A waste of 90 minutes of my life
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
I'm not the greatest fan of the flashbacks in movies where you see future events while you're trying to digest whats going on in the present and this movie is full of this. First time writer-director richard greenberg tried too hard here throwing out too many plot lines, some fit, some don't. For such an accomplished assassin why would banks take a chance on bennie when there so many red flags like her "ex husband" just showing up like that, how on earth did no-one hear any gunshots on the balcony and right at the end, banks supposedly showing up was too much, these are just off the top of my head. This aside, it was an entertaining thriller and kiefer is in "24" mode here so fans of that will like him here.
Aside from the really annoying "flash forward" moments, this movie is pretty good -- better than I expected. I think the most amazing scene is when Banks reflects on what it's like to kill someone. It's like Banks is Jack Bauer's amoral twin -- Jack hates to kill but does it because it's necessary to save his country; Banks hates to kill but does it because it's necessary to pay for his expensive lifestyle.Melora Walters is miscast. I wonder if the role was originally offered to Meg Ryan, since she seems to be one of the producers.Also annoying -- Kiefer spouting Latin epigrams. Banks may have been an ivy-league educated genius, but in my experience (and, yes, I do have some experience of the type!) they don't study Latin anymore.And, the last, single gunshot at the end -- I have to wonder if there was another gunshot "after" -- or, maybe Banks lets one of the targets live? Which one?
This movie was exceptionally good. It's one that you watch, say, hmmm that was pretty good. Then a month later you're trying to figure out why you only rented it because you realize it was a really good movie, definitely even worth seeing again. Rent: Recommended. Buy... you're going to, just give it time. The action is entertaining, the twists are very entertaining, and you really learn to root for kiefer sutherland's character, so at the end you're going to say "oh hell yes!!" just watch it! i was already a kiefer sutherland fan from the lost boys, and this only helped in me liking his acting, very top-notch in this movie. Why haven't you rented it yet?!!!!
This movie was really sweet because of Kiefer. The part in the trailer is really cool; he is asked if he is a psycho-killer and he flips around real quick. You should watch that a bunch of times first. Then watch the movie.The movie ends too quick but the ending is what you want if you like Kiefer.