A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.... (Full plot summary below)
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A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.
Leave your thoughts about El Cortez.
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghDirector Stephen Purvis and writer Chris Haddock never rise above the material's inherent pulpiness, but they keep the twists coming until the very end. |
| L.A. WeeklyLuke Y. ThompsonEvery "twist" is so telegraphed that there's little suspense here. Phillips' performance is an enjoyable change of pace, and the gratuitous sex scene with Middendorf is fairly hot, but the story's just an aggravating wait for the inevitable double-crosses. For it to be a true lowbrow pleasure, more sex would be needed. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibAn ambitious, low-budget neo-noir, Stephen Purvis' El Cortez navigates the genre's tawdry twists and crosses and double-crosses with intermittent flair. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdonaPerhaps in an effort to root the film in the genre, the dialogue reaches for a particular hard-boiled register but grasps only clichés. El Cortez, like so many before it, searches for that nugget in the genre mine but just doesn't find it. |
| Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenSharing its title with a historic Reno hotel that's seen better days (or maybe not), El Cortez is a clumsy lump of ponderous pulp fiction with "Cooler" aspirations. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoLou Diamond Phillips is let down by an uninspired supporting cast, including Bruce Weitz as a crippled con artist and Tracy Middendorf as the requisite femme fatale, a clichéd script, and flat direction by Stephen Purvis. |
| The New York TimesAnita GatesThe script, by Chris Haddock, leaves numerous questions unanswered. It also reflects the character depth and conversational complexity of a 14-year-old’s first effort at fiction. |
| User ReviewPrivate UTHIS MOVIE WAS THE MOVIE MORE INTERSTING THAN A I HAS LOOK |
| User ReviewCresswell Sodd little movie aboutthe residents of a hotel. decent |
| User Reviewdanela hAnother cheap drama/action/thriller. Neither really bad nor really good. 3 out of 5 stars because I like Lou Diamond Phillips, in spite of the fact he does more and more of these low budget movies. |
