When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
It should never have fallen through the cracks. This clever little film is a real find.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
[A] well-played, highly entertaining and playfully ingenious thriller.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
A rather ho-hum if watchable neo-noir, though it's been treated in some quarters as something special.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
16 Sep 2008
fresh:
A wry thriller with a keen edge.
– Leonard Klady,
Variety,
16 Sep 2008
fresh:
It's well worth tracking down, wherever you can find it. For it has the kind of tension and energy -- maybe even a touch of delirium -- that is only a memory in most of today's big studio movies.