Michael (Nicolas Cage, Wild at Heart), a discharged marine turned drifter, ends up in Red Rock, Wyoming in search of honest work. Wayne (J.T. Walsh, Breakdown), a local bar owner, offers Michael the dishonest work of carrying out a hit on his wife Suzanne (Lara Flynn Boyle, Twin Peaks) after mistaking him for the actual hitman, “Lyle, from Dallas”, that he hired to murder his spouse. Before Michael can split town with his downpayment, he runs into the real Lyle (Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet) and, from there, all hell breaks loose.
Directed and co-written by John Dahl (Kill Me Again), RED ROCK WEST is an endlessly twisty slice of distinctly American neo-noir set in the heartland of the United States. Featuring stellar performances from all three leads and a nearly repellent mean-streak, Dahl’s film is an often forgotten jewel of 90s crime cinema, making its US blu-ray debut in an all new restoration from Cinématographe.
directed by: John Dahl
starring: Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh
1993 / 98 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- New 4K Restoration of the 35mm Interpositive with original stereo soundtrack
- New interview with director and co-writer John Dahl
- New interview with co-writer Rick Dahl
- New commentary track with historian Alain Silver and filmmaker Christopher Coppola
- "Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures" -- New video essay by Chris O'Neill
- Archival interview with editor Scott Chestnut
- "Caged In" -- Archival video essay by Petros Patsilivas
- New text essays by writers Jourdain Searles, Keith Phipps and Justin LaLiberty
- English SDH subtitles
