Kiefer Sutherland directed and reserved for himself the best part in Truth Or
Consequences, NM. He's one kill crazy amoral dude in this film.
Vincent Gallo gets released from prison and within the day he's greeted by his
girlfriend Kim Dickens and they hook up with Kiefer Sutherland and Mykelti
Williamson for a caper involving robbing drug dealer John C. McGinley who Gallo
has bad history with.
We find out early enough that Sutherland really enjoys pulling that trigger. In
what should have been a simple robbery he kills McGinley out of some pique
and then kills another who turn out to be an undercover cop. Getting away
they kill a few more cops.
The next step for these out of control hoods is to rip off and kill Mafia kingpin
Rod Steiger. Now with the organized crime and the police hunting them, they
give no indication of slowing down.
Sutherland the director let's Sutherland the actor have full range and he goes
with it. Totally fascinating performance.
The second one to pay attention to is Kevin Pollak whose camper is commandeered by the gang and he and wife Donna Moreland are taken hostages. Moreland is in proper fear, but Pollak starts stockholming with
this gang. Makes for some very interesting behavior and he's fscinating to
watch.
The shootout, where else but the town that changed it's name from Hot Springs to the name of a radio program as a gimmick. Truth Or Consequences,
NM is a fascinating and fast paced caper film where things quite don't work
out and a few aren't whom they seem.
