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Straight to Hell (1987)
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26 June 1987 (USA) moreTagline:
A story of blood, money, guns, coffee, and sexual tension.Plot:
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
"Lets make that Weiner Kid sing his song....Wanna?" moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dick Rude | ... | Willy | |
| Sy Richardson | ... | Norwood | |
| Courtney Love | ... | Velma | |
| Joe Strummer | ... | Simms | |
| Gloria Miralles Ruiz | ... | Maid | |
| Juan Uribe | ... | Policeman | |
| Joe Cashman | ... | Dead Man in Car | |
| Jose Pomedio Monedero | ... | Gomez | |
| Sara Sugarman | ... | Chuch | |
| Miguel Sandoval | ... | George | |
| Jennifer Balgobin | ... | Fabienne | |
| Biff Yeager | ... | Frank McMahon | |
| Shane MacGowan | ... | Bruno McMahon | |
| Spider Stacy | ... | Angel Eyes McMahon | |
| Frank Murray | ... | Biff McMahon |
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Almería, Andalucía, SpainFun Stuff
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At the very end after the credits a title comes up that says "COMING SOON: BACK TO HELL", yet they never made this sequel. moreQuotes:
Willy: Women, man.Simms: Sometimes you gotta kill 'em.
Norwood: Who, the women?
Simms: No, their husbands.
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Insipid Sausage moreFAQ
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The price of man's obsessions are a trip Straight to Hell (in a rented red import no less). There is no nuance in this movie, just blood, money, coffee, guns and sexual tension. There is a pregnant demon named Velma and a Christ figure named Karl. All but two of the characters in the movie are hardly characters at all, just expressions of lust and obsession. Conveniently they are all played by non-actors (Musicians that couldn't get the backing to do a concert in Nicaragua in '87). Dennis Hopper plays what is essentially Mephistophilis calling all the players home to hell. Sy Richardson's Norwood is the only character who is not ruled by his obsessions. In this morality play that is what separates his fate from everyone else's. An important commentary on our modern world. Or maybe it was just all that mescaline.
Seriously folks cut Alex some slack. The picture is beautifully filmed. The people who can't act are given one dimensional roles which is highly preferable to giving someone that has no acting ability a role with weight and importance (Daryl Hannah in Wall Street, Keanu Reeves in Much Ado About Nothing). It's got a fantastic soundtrack and Karl doing the Weiner Dog Song is one of the funniest things ever. Really. Ever.