The narrative zigzags. The Tex-Mex muzak. The John-Wayne-was-a-fag wrangle. Perhaps the most surprising upshot from a double take at Alex Cox's 1984 cult is its status as a prime Tarantino reference. Motored by a goosechase after an alien in the boot of a 1964 Chevy, Emilio Estevez is terrific as beefhead Otto, a powder keg of insouciance who finds himself gripped in the clenched fist of a seedy repo agency who hotwire first, give the finger later.
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