
Banks is a hit man, the best, usually working for Latin American drug cartels. He picks up solitary women, uses them briefly for a job, then kills them. He's in the Southwest, headed toward Mexico, when he picks up Bennie, a woman leaving an abusive marriage, going to Paradise, Arizona. The film follows three tracks: Banks's slow recruitment of Bennie, the set-up for the hit at a swank resort in Mexico, and the FBI's close pursuit of Banks, whom they want alive in hopes he'll... (Full plot summary below)
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Banks is a hit man, the best, usually working for Latin American drug cartels. He picks up solitary women, uses them briefly for a job, then kills them. He's in the Southwest, headed toward Mexico, when he picks up Bennie, a woman leaving an abusive marriage, going to Paradise, Arizona. The film follows three tracks: Banks's slow recruitment of Bennie, the set-up for the hit at a swank resort in Mexico, and the FBI's close pursuit of Banks, whom they want alive in hopes he'll rat out his bosses. Bennie may not be who she seems, and there may be a chink in Banks's tough-guy armor. Guns, money, and a chance at Paradise.
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| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawCloser to Flashback than to Freeway, the Kiefer Sutherland vehicle Desert Saints is actually closer to Montana than either. |
| Apollo GuideScott WeinbergThe movie has a handful of cool moments - punctuated by long and familiar bouts of B-movie machinations, to say nothing of the annoyingly stutter-step narration. |
| New York Magazine/VultureJohn Leonard... wants to be forties noir and gets lost somewhere between triple crosses. |
| User ReviewKelli HKiefer Sutherland is so fucking HOT! in this movie! I love the clothes he wears, his attitude, and him! |
| User ReviewIslandDreamerAnother movie I love and can't explain why. Cinematography is amazing and Kiefer is badass! |
| User Reviewmarwa mI love Kiefer..and I want to marry him!! :) |
| User ReviewAndy [Wow, this is a fantastic Kiefer Sutherland Film! This Man is one of the Best Actors ever, if not the Best! |
| User ReviewPrivate UGreat movie! Original story and Kiefer was incredible. Even though Banks is nothing more than a scum-of-the-earth lowlife, you want him to come out on top in the end. Sutherland is a great tough guy. |
| User ReviewLuba WAn excellent twist in the end! You don't want to miss it! |
| User ReviewClaudia SGreat movie! Kiefer is an awesome bad guy!!! |