Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Kiefer Sutherland directed and reserved for himself the best part in Truth Or Consequences, NM. He's one kill crazy amoral dude in this film.Vincent Gallo gets released from prison and within the day he's greeted by his girlfriend Kim Dickens and they hook up with Kiefer Sutherland and Mykelti Williamson for a caper involving robbing drug dealer John C. McGinley who Gallo has bad history with.We find out early enough that Sutherland really enjoys pulling that trigger. In what should have been a simple robbery he kills McGinley out of some pique and then kills another who turn out to be an undercover cop. Getting away they kill a few more cops.The next step for these out of control hoods is to rip off and kill Mafia kingpin Rod Steiger. Now with the organized crime and the police hunting them, they give no indication of slowing down.Sutherland the director let's Sutherland the actor have full range and he goes with it. Totally fascinating performance.The second one to pay attention to is Kevin Pollak whose camper is commandeered by the gang and he and wife Donna Moreland are taken hostages. Moreland is in proper fear, but Pollak starts stockholming with this gang. Makes for some very interesting behavior and he's fscinating to watch.The shootout, where else but the town that changed it's name from Hot Springs to the name of a radio program as a gimmick. Truth Or Consequences, NM is a fascinating and fast paced caper film where things quite don't work out and a few aren't whom they seem.

I love American road movies. such cool. I enjoyed the scenes of the coin and what they said about the coin granting all knowing. And at end before he die he gets it and only sees his own death. wonderful done!I have come to see a lot of movies from new Mexico, united states. many i enjoy that are like this. the crime, the drama, the violence is like a beautiful death for all the characters. I was not sad from the death of all the characters. The writing is good and you root for the "villians" not the police. though it is tragic, the film was shot very beautifully. I think anyone who likes violent movies would enjoy this movie. Sutherlund is very scary as a villain character.

If you don't want to ***spoil*** your dinner, don't eat desert first...It's really hard to describe the general plot of this great movie in a few words; a pure love story, an exciting police thriller, a lesson in life, a cruel mob-story or a totally screwed up road movie would all do fine, but in any case it's a real nice piece of acting with a blazing all-american sounding soundtrack. Kiefer really showed the world that he's not only a convincing bad guy on the screen, but also a mean movie maker. The movie builds up towards a long lasting thrilling ending, which will really nail you to your seat. The love story ends painstakingly tragically, while in the old-school gangster movie justice prevails, in true Tarantino style. As a viewer you are drawn to sympathize with the sensitive and intelligent - yet not very bright in planning a robbery - gangster Raymond and his pregnant girlfriend Addy, but as a good citizen you feel relieved that the undercover agent Marcus survives the fire fight. A real must see if you can stand some gangster style shooting and killing here and there.

"Truth or Consequences N.M." is a sloppy drama about a petty crook and his girl, a half-psycho killer, an undercover DEA agent, and an abducted ordinary couple traveling together with a bunch of drugs and cops and the mob on their tail. In spite of a good cast, this B-movie is just more of the same old stuff we've all seen many times before with nothing to distinguish itself. Full of plot holes, continuity goofs, abjectly ordinary action, etc. this is one for the late night couch potato only. (C)