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A Balasaur Score of 54 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 47%, Metacritic 46/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 683 1990s crime movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes47%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
183 audience votes
Key crew
- Roger DonaldsonDirector
- Daniel PyneWriter
- Patrick O'HearnOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Willem DafoeDeputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
- Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioLane Bodine
- Mickey RourkeGorman Lennox
- Samuel L. JacksonGreg Meeker
- M. Emmet WalshBert Gibson
- James RebhornFBI Agent Flynn
- Maura TierneyNoreen
- Beth GrantRoz Kincaid
- Alexander NicksayBen Dolezal
- Fredrick LopezDelmar Blackwater
- Miguel SandovalFBI Agent Ruiz
- John LafayetteFBI Agent Demott
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Themes
sherifffbinew mexicodesertsuitcase full of moneyneo-noir