Viva Las Nowhere

aka: Dead Simple
USA 2000, 94 minutes
Dir. Jason Bloom
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Comedy / Independent, Black Comedy

Feat. Daniel Stern, Patricia Richardson, Lacey Kohl, James Caan, Sherry Stringfield

Aroview: Checking into a deserted motel in the “geographical centre of the USA” run by luckless, aspiring country-songwriter Daniel Stern, this darn likeable redneck black comedy sticks to its own quirky tune.

With the arrival of chanteuse Lacey Kohl, dead bodies start also to pop up, leading to an influx of ‘difficult’ relatives, ex-army buddies and a menacing James Caan…