2 reviews
Good acting and an interesting storyline but the script is below par. As they say if you don't have a good script you won't have a good movie.
Interesting premise and there is a twist (2 twists actually) to the ending which brings this up to just beyond a "B" movie. Then it stops there.
Meg Ryan is credited as a producer and she certainly picks better movies to act in than produce.
Our lead character, Jack, is a hired... No - wait. Kiefer Sutherland is Arthur Banks, a world class hit-man who happens to wear Jack's Ray-Bans (see 24) and is traveling to his next job. He picks up a woman for a cover and accomplice along the way. The Feds are just two steps behind him.
Whomever wrote this needed some help in fact checking and reality.
At one point there is talk of a tungsten core bullet that spins faster which enhances accuracy. Um, no. It doesn't matter if a bullet is lead, copper, tin, steel or gold. That doesn't affect the spin rate.
The movie starts out in the Southwest. Yet they drive for at least 3 or 4 days before entering Mexico. All on 2 lane roads. Sure, I can see not making a bee line but that's a little silly.
A couple of bodies need to be dumped. Not much thought is given on where to dump them so as not to be discovered. The first one is why not in the bushes? The second body is a good place as long as nobody has a sense of smell.
Don't you think if the Feds were given permission to enter Mexico the Mexican Authorities would at least tag along?
Not worth renting and see what else is on TV before watching.
Interesting premise and there is a twist (2 twists actually) to the ending which brings this up to just beyond a "B" movie. Then it stops there.
Meg Ryan is credited as a producer and she certainly picks better movies to act in than produce.
Our lead character, Jack, is a hired... No - wait. Kiefer Sutherland is Arthur Banks, a world class hit-man who happens to wear Jack's Ray-Bans (see 24) and is traveling to his next job. He picks up a woman for a cover and accomplice along the way. The Feds are just two steps behind him.
Whomever wrote this needed some help in fact checking and reality.
At one point there is talk of a tungsten core bullet that spins faster which enhances accuracy. Um, no. It doesn't matter if a bullet is lead, copper, tin, steel or gold. That doesn't affect the spin rate.
The movie starts out in the Southwest. Yet they drive for at least 3 or 4 days before entering Mexico. All on 2 lane roads. Sure, I can see not making a bee line but that's a little silly.
A couple of bodies need to be dumped. Not much thought is given on where to dump them so as not to be discovered. The first one is why not in the bushes? The second body is a good place as long as nobody has a sense of smell.
Don't you think if the Feds were given permission to enter Mexico the Mexican Authorities would at least tag along?
Not worth renting and see what else is on TV before watching.
"Desert Saints" is an oddly titled and obviously contrived journeyman drama which tells the tale of a hit man (Sutherland) and a female accomplice of questionable allegiance (Walters). The film has all the ear marks of a low budget tv-direct flick with the usual plot holes, staginess, and obvious scripting. Don't expect much action, pyrotechnics, chases, firefights, stunts, sex, nudity, romance from this mediocre drama with an awful ending. An okay watch for the hard up couch potato but little more.