Banks is a hit man, the best, usually working for Latin American drug cartels. He picks up solitary women, uses them briefly for a job, then kills them. He's in the Southwest, headed toward Mexico, when he picks up Bennie, a woman leaving an abusive marriage, going to Paradise, Arizona. The film follows three tracks: Banks's slow recruitment of Bennie, the set-up for the hit at a swank resort in Mexico, and the FBI's close pursuit of Banks, whom they want alive in hopes he'll rat out his bosses. Bennie may not be who she seems, and there may be a chink in Banks's tough-guy armor. Guns, money, and a chance at Paradise.
Desert Saints has generally received positive reviews.
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Desert Saints was released in 2002 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 28 reviews, giving Desert Saints (2002) an average rating of 65%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 69%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Desert Saints than critics were.
With a score of 65%, Desert Saints is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2002, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2002 with similar scores include films like Joseph: King of Dreams, The Good Girl and Undercover Brother.
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