A romance directed by Mike Figgis, starring Nicolas Cage.
A man loses his job and moves to Las Vegas, intent on drinking himself to death. There he meets a hooker and the two fall in love. They both refuse to change their lifestyle to suit the needs of the other.
Mr. cage really pretends to pound it down! I'm reminded of a certain swimming pool scene from The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years. His character makes a quote of about 4 weeks to accomplish his task, but at the rate he is shown going, I think he estimated a little high. One would probably die of dehydration pretty quickly following this example, I'd say a week or 2 at most. Also, imagine the fun that you could have for $250 a day in Las Vegas for 4 weeks if you didn't behave quite as badly as an '80s metal band. Anyway, I liked the film and thought the plot and characters were good. I didn't like the ending, but that could be said for a few hundred other movies. The style and production value were on the good side and the pacing was right. I'm rating this good. It would have gotten an even better rating with a different ending.
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