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Release Date: June, 2003 Retail Price: $14.97 OUR Price: $10.99 You SAVE: $3.98! Cast: Complete Cast (17 total) |
The Salton Sea Reviews
A trumpet in the hell!
This film may be well one the most original, chilling, powerful, potent and gratifying American Noir in years.
Frame by frame, this somber portrait about a man who lost his wife in an absurd skirmish, because of both of them were in the wrong place at the wrong moment, will induce him to plan a dark and meticulous vengeance, that will lead him to become a talebearer to get to infiltrate in the underworld and so to gain the deserved trust to get close the expected target.
But in the meantime, the journey is hard to be a piece of cake. He will face the dense brume of the nasty jungle of dealers and corrupted officers. But if you, additionally, consider the prodigious angle shots, the overwhelming photography, the surprising information around it, the fine performances and the claustrophobic locations, this sum will compensate by far, all your efforts to get it, rent it and even acquire for your personal collection.
A very well made razor edge thriller that will maintain you hold on your seat.
Mire or spire? From base to pinnacle, who are we anyway?
Danny Parker is a meth addict and a snitch for the police as well. He used to be Tom Van Allen, before the death of his wife in an unrelated drug raid near the Salton Sea. From Tom the trumpet player to Danny the addict, Danny's downward spiral has had a purpose.
With a single piece of evidence from the murder of his wife, a red hair, Tom/Danny has planned revenge for a long time based on a single vision of a person at a gas station. He intends to trap the red-haired stranger in a quarter-million dollar drug deal with a psycho called Pooh-Bear.
I don't want to say much more, which would reveal too much of the plot, but I will say that this film relies on atmosphere, photography, great acting, and visuals rather than script. I felt the script was the weakest part, but the rest of its components compelled me towards its rather predictable ending. It's a bit twisted and unleveled, but in the end that works for the movie rather than against it.
Val Kilmar (Willow, Alexander, Wonderland) is good in his role, as he always is, but Vincent D'Onofrio (Men In Black, The Cell) steals the show as Pooh-Bear. D'Onofrio was meant to play the bad parts, evidenced by his ability to carry the movie, 'The Cell', all on his own (Lopez made the movie worse, not better). Peter Sarsgaard (Shattered Glass, The Cell) carries his share of the weight in this flick just as he did with D'Onofrio in The Cell. These two actors obviously work well together. Look for singer Meat Loaf in an almost unrecognizable role as Bo. B.D. Wong (Executive Decision) is at top form as his role of financer/agent Bubba.
'The Salton Sea' is a good movie to flesh out your drug habit, as far as movies go, but I haven't decided whether or not it is worth a purchase yet. Definitely worth a rent, though. Plus, you have to absolutely LOVE that tattoo on Danny! Enjoy!
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