Red Rock West - #047

One Cage at a Time

One of our favorite things about doing this show is that we get to talk about the incredible hidden gems of Nicolas Cage’s career that most audiences have never heard of and there’s possibly no better example of that than a small budget indie post-western neo-noir film from 1993 that, despite being Nic’s highest rated film on Rotten Tomatoes, has been largely forgotten. So hop in the car, light a cigarette and ride along with us as we examine the little masterpiece that is Red Rock West.

A down on his luck ex-marine goes in search of work in the Podunk town of Red Rock, Wyoming only to be mistaken as a hitman sent to kill a man’s wife. What follows is a tale of desperation, betrayal, sex and of course murder.

Red Rock West stars one of the greatest actors ever to live and an absolute treat anytime he’s on screen Dennis Hopper, Twin Peaks star and bombshell Lara Flynn Boyle, legendary country singer Dwight Yoakam, an amazing character actor who seemed to show up in everything during the 80’s and 90’s JT Walsh, and of course, a man who knows how to get himself into sticky situations Academy Award winning actor Nicolas Kim Coppola better known as Nicolas Cage.