Review of The Salton Sea (2002) by Lorenzo V — 20 May 2009
"If You're Looking For The Truth, You've Come To The Wrong Place.".
After his wife is murdered, a man drifts into a world populated by thugs and speed junkies.
REVIEW.
Good depiction of the wasted life in the happy drug underworld, in which it would have made a good story, but there is a underlying revenge subplot that is not revealed until the second half. It goes into the mind of how a person who has lost everything would risk what he has left to get back at those who made him get there in the first place.
The movie first deplicted the junkie's culture, then went on to show how they are so absorbed by it that they don't even have a normal life to escape to. The whole dark, wasted scenery gives a dark portrayal of what the main character's is willing to submit himself to, and his single mindedness, in order to do what he thinks is just. His only weakness is when he opens up to someone that is in more dire situation than him, which turns out to be a trap laid out for him. Val Kilmer in one of his best roles so far, D'Onofrio is good as the menacing dealer, Peter Sarsgaard is good as the friend to the end whom you don't know if he was going to forgive his best friend, who turned out to hiding his true intentions.
All in all, a film very worth watching.
This review of The Salton Sea (2002) was written by Lorenzo V on 20 May 2009.
The Salton Sea has generally received positive reviews.
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