The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to kill them both.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Metacritic54/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
843 audience votes
Key crew
- Oliver StoneDirector
- John RidleyScreenplay
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sean PennBobby Cooper
- Nick NolteJake McKenna
- Jennifer LopezGrace McKenna
- Joaquin PhoenixToby N. Tucker
- Claire DanesJenny
- Powers BootheSheriff Virgil Potter
- Billy Bob ThorntonDarrell
- Jon VoightBlind Man
- Abraham BenrubiBiker #1
- Richard RutowskiBiker #2
- Aida LinaresJamilla
- Sean StoneBoy in Grocery Store
Stills
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Themes
small townrobberygambling debtarizonawildernesskisscar garagemisanthrophymoneypolice officerdesertneo-noir