Jesse has to get out of Las Vegas quickly, and steals a car to drive to L.A. On the way he shoots a police man. When he makes it to L.A. he stays with Monica, a girl he has only known for a few days. As the film progresses, the police get closer to him, and the crimes escalate.
A wanton, playful film, belying the stated despair by its boiling energy.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
The attitudes on display are so distanced and derivative that the picture still seems to have no life or identity of its own.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The result is a stylistic exercise without any genuine human concerns we can identify with -- and yet, an exercise that does have a command of its style, is good-looking, fun to watch, and develops a certain morbid humor.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
12 Aug 2004
fresh:
I still don't understand why Mr. McBride and Mr. Carson elected to do the film but, considering the more obvious possible pitfalls, they could have done a lot worse. That is meant to be praise.