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1990 · Movie · 2h 10m · NR

The Hot Spot

CriticsCritics: 65
AudienceAudience: 6.2

A drifter arrives in a small Southern town, finds work at a used-car dealership, and quickly becomes entangled with local authorities and two very different women. As he eyes a bank robbery, desire, deception, and suspicion draw him deeper into trouble.

My take

You’ll likely enjoy this if you appreciate slow-burning, steamy neo-noir with morally troubled characters and a strong sense of place; Not for you if you prefer brisk pacing and tightly focused crime stories like Confidence.

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Cast

Don JohnsonVirginia MadsenJennifer ConnellyCharles Martin SmithWilliam SadlerJerry HardinBarry CorbinLeon Rippy

Director

Dennis Hopper

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