Considering that the overall score of MOJAVE MOON is a discouraging 5,1 and stars a then-unknown Angelina Jolie and various C-list actors, I assumed it would have been a terrible movie. To my surprise, the movie had a great plot and was a lot of fun, tho I assume that it might not be for all people as it's also strange.
Al McCord (Danny Aiello) is having lunch at his favourite restaurant when a sexy young woman named Ellie (Jolie) walks by and entices Al. They exchange a few words and Ellie asks for a ride from the city to the Mojave desert where her mother Julie (Anne Archer) lives. Al accepts and when he meets Julie he seems to rediscover love again despite the presence of Julie's jealous boyfriend Boyd (Michael Biehn), who goes berserk even for nothing. In the desert Al has a flat tire and founds an apparently dead body that reveals to be Ellie's boyfriend Kaiser.
Once in the gas station there is a robbery but the chaos created by the gun happy tire repairman (Peter McNicol) allows Al to escape uninjured. When Boyd takes Ellie and Julie hostage after they went to Al's home, Al and his friend actor Sal (Alfred Molina) mount a rescue mission and Boyd will plummet to his death, and after that Ellie returns with Kaiser and Al starts a new life with Julie.
The film is strange from start to finish, and it's sure the director tried very hard to make it weird and strange. The locations including the Mojave desert, the characters and the music had a certain weird feeling, and it grew on me even after it was over. As for the cast, despite a then-unknown and various lesser actors, it did just fine and the film worked also for the script. My favourite part was when Al goes to the gas station and when some robbers come, Peter McNicol took his guns and became crazy... who would have ever expected it?
Still, it's great fun but not a movie for younger viewers because of the violence and gratuitous nudity (few brief scenes).
Al McCord (Danny Aiello) is having lunch at his favourite restaurant when a sexy young woman named Ellie (Jolie) walks by and entices Al. They exchange a few words and Ellie asks for a ride from the city to the Mojave desert where her mother Julie (Anne Archer) lives. Al accepts and when he meets Julie he seems to rediscover love again despite the presence of Julie's jealous boyfriend Boyd (Michael Biehn), who goes berserk even for nothing. In the desert Al has a flat tire and founds an apparently dead body that reveals to be Ellie's boyfriend Kaiser.
Once in the gas station there is a robbery but the chaos created by the gun happy tire repairman (Peter McNicol) allows Al to escape uninjured. When Boyd takes Ellie and Julie hostage after they went to Al's home, Al and his friend actor Sal (Alfred Molina) mount a rescue mission and Boyd will plummet to his death, and after that Ellie returns with Kaiser and Al starts a new life with Julie.
The film is strange from start to finish, and it's sure the director tried very hard to make it weird and strange. The locations including the Mojave desert, the characters and the music had a certain weird feeling, and it grew on me even after it was over. As for the cast, despite a then-unknown and various lesser actors, it did just fine and the film worked also for the script. My favourite part was when Al goes to the gas station and when some robbers come, Peter McNicol took his guns and became crazy... who would have ever expected it?
Still, it's great fun but not a movie for younger viewers because of the violence and gratuitous nudity (few brief scenes).