The Salton Sea

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Caught up in the permanent nighttime of the habitual methamphetamine user, Danny Parker (Val Kilmer) and his friends close the curtains so they can't tell what time of day it is. But while his associates revel in their highs, Danny is haunted by his previous life as Tom Van Allen, a trumpet player who lost his wife (Chandra West) in the crossfire of a shoot out. In an effort to find his wife's killer, Tom became a police informant, adopting a heavily-tattooed disguise. When he discovers that a Mexican drug lord has put a hit out on him, Danny decides to pull one last score--unfortunately involving Pooh-Bear (Vincent D'Onofrio), a childlike kingpin with a penchant for torture and a yawning void where his nose once was.D.J. Caruso's debut is a beautifully photographed punk-noir set against the backdrop of a gang of speed freaks in contemporary L.A.

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Release:

2002

Running Time:

99 min

Certificate:

Contains very strong language, strong violence and drug use

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Genre:

Thriller

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Director:

D.J. Caruso

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Natacha Von Braun
why oh why oh why?
06 December 2008
Quentin Tarantino has one hell of a lot to answer for. Thanks to the huge success of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, budding filmmakers suddenly decided that nothing was more important in a film than being 'cool'. Unfortunately the financiers agreed with them and since the mid 90's there have been endless streams of tediously vapid films that seek to re-cycle the (much over-rated) dialogue style and 'hip' soundtracks of Tarantino's earlier work. I really try to like Val Kilmer, I really do, but there really is nothing to redeem his horrifically self-aware portrayal of an addict who may-or-may-not be undercover after his wife may-or-may-not have been killed by corrupt police officers. Really, who cares? Writer Tony Gayton has said that he never intended the film to be made as the script was more of a writing sample of random disjointed scenarios he could use to get work. It shows.
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