Desert Saints
Seen it?2002 | 88 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 29% on Rotten Tomatoes, soft box office and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, romantics and action fans. If you loved On Her Majesty's Secret Service, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 28 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
29% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 9K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Richard Greenberg
- Kiefer SutherlandArthur Banks
- Melora WaltersBennie Harper
- Jamey SheridanAgent George Scanlon
- Leslie StefansonAgent Donna Marbury
- Bill SageAgent Davis
- Keith DiamondAgent Robinson
- Shawn WoodsLarson
- Christopher BershThug in Black
- Rachel TicotinDora
- Beth GrantLou