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10/03/2002 Action, Romance, Thriller 1h 28m
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Overview

Banks is a hit man, the best, usually working for Latin American drug cartels. He picks up solitary women, uses them briefly for a job, then kills them. He's in the Southwest, headed toward Mexico, when he picks up Bennie, a woman leaving an abusive marriage, going to Paradise, Arizona. The film follows three tracks: Banks's slow recruitment of Bennie, the set-up for the hit at a swank resort in Mexico, and the FBI's close pursuit of Banks, whom they want alive in hopes he'll rat out his bosses. Bennie may not be who she seems, and there may be a chink in Banks's tough-guy armor. Guns, money, and a chance at Paradise.

  1. Richard Greenberg

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kiefer Sutherland

    Arthur Banks

  2. Melora Walters

    Bennie Harper

  3. Jamey Sheridan

    Agent George Scanlon

  4. Leslie Stefanson

    Agent Donna Marbury

  5. Bill Sage

    Agent Davis

  6. Keith Diamond

    Agent Robinson

  7. Shawn Woods

    Larson

  8. Christopher Bersh

    Thug in Black

  9. Rachel Ticotin

    Dora

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2025-02-23
**_As they say in Latin, "De gustibus non est disputandum"_**

An American hitman working for the Latin American cartels (Kiefer Sutherland) always uses and loses a solitary woman for his assignments. But this time, his last hit, he apprehends a woman who’s more interesting than usual (Melora Walters). Meanwhile, the FBI is hot on his trail.

"Desert Saints" (2002) is a crime thriller cut from the same cloth as "The Getaway" (1972) and Dennis Hopper’s "Backtrack," aka "Catchfire," mixed with 90’s Tarantino flicks and their knockoffs, such as “The Way of the Gun.” Like those movie...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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