29 Palms (2002)

This is the story of a bag of money and the people who come into contact with it.

Director:

Leonardo Ricagni

Writer:

Tino Lucente

Stars:

Jeremy Davies, Chris O'Donnell, Rachael Leigh Cook

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jeremy Davies	...	The Drifter
Michael Lerner	...	The Judge
Litefoot	...	The Warrior #1 (as G. Paul Davis a.k.a Litefoot)
Russell Means	...	The Chief
Chris O'Donnell	...	The Hitman
Jon Polito	...	The Security Guard
Kevin Sifuentes	...	The Head of Security
Michael Rapaport	...	The Cop
Anita Maltin	...	The Old Lady
Bill Pullman	...	The Ticket Clerk
Keith David	...	The Sheriff
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	The Waitress
P.J. Byrne	...	The Doctor
Carlos Mencia	...	The Comedian

Storyline

Can you trust anyone? A corrupt judge is about to rule against the expansion of an Indian casino in the Mohave and needs cover: he tells the tribe's chief that the FBI has an undercover agent on the judge's staff, so the expansion must be on hold. The chief hires a hit man to kill the law clerk. The clerk makes a run for it and manages through a series of botched thefts to end up with the bag of money meant for the hit man. A corrupt cop, a degenerate security guard, a hapless bus station clerk, a scheming waitress, and the hit man himself all want the bag - and the chief and the judge want the clerk dead. Is there any way he gets out of the desert alive?

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Plot Keywords:

judge | bag | bag of money | security guard | corrupt judge | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, violence, some sexual content and brief drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 2005 (UK)

Also Known As:

Twenty-nine Palms

Filming Locations:

Salton City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

B. Lord Productions, Ben's Sister Productions, Davis Entertainment Filmworks

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the bus is stolen, someone can be seen walking behind an adjacent bus.

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Crazy Credits

There is a short additional sequence with Michael Rapaport after the credits have ended.

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Soundtracks

Misery Loves Company
Written by Mike Ness
Performed by Mike Ness
Courtesy of Time Bomb Recordings

User Reviews

I am Embarrassed to Have Watched It

I watched this movie the way some people watch a traffic accident. You can't believe your mind can assimilate such an awful visual image, but something in your macabre inner self can not stop watching the carnage. Yes, I watched this to the end.

Usually movies have some redeeming value. Maybe it's the soundtrack or the costumes, you know, something. Well, not this one. The acting was horrible. I like Chris O'Donnell and Michael Rapaport, but they completely fail to execute their craft successfully on this flick. Rachel Leigh Cook does an OK job, but nothing that moves beyond mediocre. That takes us to direction. Nobody ever heard of Leonardo Ricagni and I suspect no one ever will. There was some weak attempt to be Tarantino, but, WOW, was it not even close.

The editing was more annoying than your neighbor's home movie. There were jumps in the scene, with the same segment repeated from different camera angles with a voice-over. Huh? Didn't these guys figure out that was a bad idea when they were a sophomore in film school.

There were several times the same flashback was repeated. It got quite annoying. What was the point of that?

The only way they could have made a worse movie was to have cast Jennifer Tilly as a blind African-American. Wait a minute, I have an idea...