Style: Drama
Director: Invoice L. Norton
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman
Operating Time: 95 minutes
Synopsis: In Los Angeles, former musician Cisco Pike (Kris Kristofferson) is making an attempt to depart drug dealing behind him to rebuild his music profession, with the assist of his girlfriend Sue (Karen Black). However corrupt cop Holland (Gene Hackman) pressures Cisco into promoting $10,000 value of weed in lower than three days. Cisco has to faucet into his underworld community to maneuver the product, leaving Sue dissatisfied as he interacts with sellers, customers, musicians, and diverse hangers-on.
What Works Effectively: In his directorial debut, Invoice L. Norton delves into the seedy Venice Seaside space and finds determined characters chasing unlikely goals. On this deglamorized and downbeat quest to hunt a greater future, a has-been like Cisco appears for somebody – anybody – to hearken to his newest music tape, a crooked cop builds a large stash of marijuana as an auxiliary revenue supply, and Cisco’s pathetic ex-bandmate Jesse (a tragic Harry Dean Stanton) confronts the horrors of getting old. Kristofferson (in a strong film debut) supplies a number of wonderful soundtrack songs.
What Does Not Work As Effectively: Many of the movie consists of Cisco desperately crisscrossing city in search of consumers, as vitality runs low, padding creeps in (significantly in episodes that includes actresses Viva and Pleasure Bang), and the premise runs out of concepts. Gene Hackman’s antagonist disappears for lengthy stretches, robbing the drama of a counterpoint.
Cisco Pike (to Jesse): It ain’t your goddamned physique they’re after, man, it is your soul!
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