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Red Rock West is a 1993 American independent crime thriller film directed by John Dahl, who cowrote the film's screenplay with his brother Rick. The neo-Western and neo-noir film stars Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle and J. T. Walsh. Its plot focuses on a Texas drifter (Cage) who is mistaken for a hitman (Hopper) while traveling through a rural Wyoming community. Filming took place on location…
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“Ordinary man in extraordinary situation” is premise that served Alfred Hitchcock in his classic suspense thrillers. The very same premise was also used in film noir, and it is still used in its modern neo-noir equivalent. One of the good examples could be found in the protagonist of *Red Rock West*, 1993 thriller directed by John Dahl. The plot begins in Wyoming where Michael Williams (played by Nicolas Cage), US M…More
I found this on a list of movies that not very many people have seen but are great films - or something along those lines. I have watched 3 of these films already and well, i guess this one was the least bad of the bunch - but that isn't saying much. Nick Cage plays Michael Williams, a transient worker of sorts who rolls into town in Red Rock, Wyoming and accidentally uncovers a police conspiracy immediately upon ar…More
