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Desert Saints (2002)

R 03/10/2002 Action, Romance, Thriller 1h 28m
57%
User
Score
6.0/10
33%

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.

Richard Greenberg

Director

Wally Nichols

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland

Arthur Banks

Melora Walters

Melora Walters

Bennie Harper

Jamey Sheridan

Jamey Sheridan

Agent George Scanlon

Leslie Stefanson

Leslie Stefanson

Agent Donna Marbury

Bill Sage

Bill Sage

Agent Davis

Keith Diamond

Keith Diamond

Agent Robinson

Shawn Woods

Shawn Woods

Larson

Christopher Bersh

Christopher Bersh

Thug in Black

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Ticotin

Dora

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Media

Desert Saints - Trailer

Desert Saints - Trailer

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Theatrical Trailer Desert Saints

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on February 23, 2025

**_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 movies, don’t expect likable protagonists. The only person who’s noble is FBI Agent Scanlon (Jamey Sheridan) and maybe his female partner (Leslie Stefanson).

Kiefer does a convincing job as the humo...

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