Straight to Hell

1987

Action / Comedy / Western

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 58% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 2981 3K

punk rock anarchic comedy

Plot summary

A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee.

Director

Alex Cox Photo
Alex Cox

Top cast

Shane MacGowan Photo
Shane MacGowan as Bruno McMahon
Terry Woods Photo
Terry Woods as Tom McMahon
Xander Berkeley Photo
Xander Berkeley as Preacher McMahon
Alex Cox Photo
Alex Cox as A Thug in the Amazulu Band
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
833.84 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 2
1.67 GB
1918*816
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by [email protected] 7 / 10

What's wrong with the kid? Sexual Tension.

This is a story of three desperadoes and a girl who accidentally go to a small town after screwing up an assassination job and robbing a bank. The town is owned by the McMahon family (the Pogues with a few others thrown in) all of whom are addicted to coffee and enjoy killing and being all in all bastards. There's tension, characters clashing and sexual. The film didn't have a whole lot of a plot, but that doesn't really matter much because it seems to be more of a spoof on spaghetti westerns and even the actors and actresses themselves. It takes repeated viewing to really get down what is going on and how the parties are related to each other, but that doesn't seem to matter quite so much. All in all, I recommend this film to those of you who love weird movies and everyone who remembers the 80's punk scene.
Reviewed by Manorainjan 7 / 10

Coffee and Guns don't mix well

I've seen this long ago on German TV in a well synchronized version which is unfortunately not available as DVD.Which I remember best is the cool acting of Grace Jones as "Sonya", (kind of a black 'Red Sonja' in a business suit) the secretary of "I. G. Farben" Dennis Hopper. She did all the needful things for him starting from looking sexy up to execution of his will (he plays a good father like role) by means of a machine gun.If You are in a too serious analytical mood, You wouldn't have much fun with this. But if You are in the mood for some surrealistic fun, than this is it, just like some of the stuff Jim Jarmusch has done.Don't expect this move to make sense, just go with the flow; which could eventually mean to take a run ;-)
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