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And then there's "Bone Dry," one of the best low budget thrillers you're likely to see this decade, or really any decade (it's one of the best I've ever seen period. I probably just should have said that). The flick, directed by Bret A. "Not the Hitman" Hart, stars Luke Goss as Eddie, a man passing through the Mojave desert for some reason who, after hanging out in a diner run by the Dee Wallace-Stone, is attacked by a man named Jimmy (the Lance Henriksen). Eddie is knocked out, then wakes up in the middle of the desert, with only the clothes on his back and a walkie talkie. The walkie talkie is to be used to communicate with Jimmy, who apparently has a devious plan to send Eddie out into the desert alone, to deal with various disturbing obstacles and follow the rules (meaning that if he doesn't do exactly what Jimmy says, Jimmy will blow his head off using his trusty sniper rifle). So Eddie, failing to see a way out of the situation, decides to do what Jimmy says, hoping not to anger Jimmy to the point where he shoots him. Eddie also hopes to just find a way out of the desert (he wants to go back to his family, or at least that's what he says he wants to do). Will Eddie survive?

The best thing about "Bone Dry" is the big twist that you just know will eventually show its face. It's great because it actually works and feels appropriate to the story. Nothing about it feels forced or gimmicky. As soon as the plot starts up, the flick never stops moving forward, never lets up, and never stops being disturbing. Jimmy is one of the best villains I've seen come down the B-movie thriller pike in a long time. He's incredibly prepared, he has left nothing to chance, and while you never really like him, you're eventually going to be impressed by just how sick he can be. He handcuffs a naked man to a cactus in the middle of the desert. That's freaking sick. And Eddie is one of the better thriller protagonists in a long time, simply because his journey through the desert is just so awful. You're not really sure who he is or why Jimmy is so dang angry with him (well, you eventually find out), but no one should be forced to go through what he goes through (well, it seems that way right up until the end. When you find out what's really going on, it's up to you to decide if what's happening is appropriate).

My only quibble (and maybe quibble is too strong a word here. Issue isn't a good word, either) is that the flick feels a tad too long, but then again I can't imagine what could possibly be cut out. You get sense, though, that the movie could stand to lose about ten minutes of its running time (maybe the "length issue" could be solved by time compression, but then again I don't know how much time that process would or could cut out). I didn't get a chance to listen to the commentary track on the DVD, so I don't know if the participants talked about it or if the moviemakers were deeply concerned about it throughout. I'd imagine they would have been.

Henriksen is insanely good here as Jimmy. While he's not quite as bad ass as his Chains Cooper character from "Stone Cold" (still his best performance to date), Jimmy is a great villain, and Henriksen seems like he's having the time of his life here. Goss is superb as Eddie. He never drops his English accent, which helps add a level of bizarreness to the plot (why is this English guy out in the Mojave desert anyway? He's obviously not a tourist, so what's his deal? And why is he wearing a freaking suit?). Tommy "Tiny" Lister (the president of the universe) gets a nice little throwaway bit as a nasty drug dealer's big ass henchman Mitch, and Dee Wallace Stone is hilarious as the flirty waitress Joanne (she oh so wants to bang Eddie, and while Eddie is obviously not interested, you get the sense that he'd humor her for a few minutes before telling her to *beep* off. That'd make for a good short film, don't you think?). Even Carl Buffington, who plays hippie drug dealer and desert camping enthusiast Marty, is memorable and great. Again, this is a great cast through and through, and Hart and company hit a home run. Just great stuff.

I don't think I can recommend "Bone Dry" enough. Great story, great direction, and a great cast. Just an awesome, awesome movie.

Find "Bone Dry" and see it now, now, now.

So what do we have here? Gratuitous hot woman swimming underwater in a pool in slow motion, gratuitous greasy spoon diner out in the Mojave desert, gratuitous Dee Wallace Stone, gratuitous Luke Goss, gratuitous phone number written in a matchbook, gratuitous Lance Henriksen, a big ass SUV, a key, close up of a rattlesnake, urinating on some red ants, gratuitous Lance Henriksen beating Luke Goss down with a handgun, overhead shot of the desert, a compass, gratuitous talking through a walkie talkie, walking north, gratuitous flashback of a hot woman swimming in a pool in a slow motion, a bottle of water, gratuitous cool bit where Henriksen fires his sniper rifle and then you hear the crack of the shot a moment later, salt water, gratuitous Air Force bombing range, giving the finger, another bottle of water, gratuitous Luke Goss naked and handcuffed to a cactus in the middle of the Mojave desert, gratuitous Lance Henrisken watching Luke Goss via binoculars, cactus climbing, attempting to slice through cactus with the handcuff chain, three bottles of water, a snadstorm, gratuitous Lance Henrisken wearing ski goggles and a scarf, salt pills, Luke Goss talking about working at a dog food plant, gratuitous making a compass out of a magnetized metal needle and some water, needle through the fingernail, eating a turtle, a nasty ass can of vegetable soup, gratuitous Lance Henriksen *beep* around with a bayonet, bloody ear destruction, foot shooting, gratuitous flashback with a dead woman floating in a pool, gratuitous Lance Henrisken urinating on a sleeping Luke Goss, gratuitous Luke Goss buried up to his neck, a shovel, gratuitous Lance Henrisken driving right up to Luke Goss' head and pushing the front wheel into his face, a rescue, gratuitous bearded hippie drug dealer and desert camping enthusiast, bone collecting, a hand grenade, gratuitous Lance Henriksen riding around the desert wearing night vision goggles, a big ass knife, cocaine, handcuffing bullstuff, gratuitous Luke Goss strapped to the hood of Lance Henriksen's SUV, a cell phone, destroying a wallet, thumb breaking, a big ass migraine headache, potential male bonding, hiding under a dead body, a snake bite, a Hummer, gratuitous Tiny Lister, machete to the head, messy machete death, a desert car chase, money in a back pack, a barbed wire problem, a dilapidated stone building out in the middle of the desert, gratuitous buried skulls, a flashback that explain everything, Kim Richards, a kneecapping, metal spike to the foot, a broken rearview mirror, blood dripping out of a boot, and a lonely walk in the desert.

Best lines: "Who the *beep* is this? You can call me Jimmy," "Do you think God gives a *beep* about what we're doing down here?," "Cap back on, Eddie," "If you had your choice between chess and Russian roulette, which would you play?," "That pretty little family of yours, you want me to start chopping hands and heads?," "Cheers, Jimmy," "Why are you doing this?," "You're not making very good time, you need to pick up the pace. How's the sunburn, killer?," "I suppose you don't know how to make a compass out of a needle and water?," "Wake up. Go to sleep," "I'm freezing, you? How about a barbecue? Bon appetit," "If you respect the desert it will respect you back," "I don't believe in guns, man," "I told you, my name's Marty," "Drop the blade, Eddie. Don't make me repeat myself," "It might be wise for you to use a different tone with me," "Don't make promises you can't keep," "How you feeling, Eddie? How's your thumb?," "There you go, city boy," "You're driving a piece of *beep* Eddie! You're driving a piece of *beep* "Come and get me, Eddie," "Jimmy, I was told you saw something you shouldn't have," "Nothing's too good for you, Eddie," and "Never underestimate the power of love."

He was rescued by a hippy, who turned out to be in the desert to do a drug deal. Thinking the hippy is Jimmy (his torturer), Eddie kills him. Jimmy turns up and begins torturing him again. At some point the drug dealers the hippy was going to do the deal with turn up, and think Eddie has stolen their coke. They start to beat him up. From a distance, Jimmy shoots the machete out of one of the dealers' hands, allowing Eddie to pick up the weapon and hack the dealer to death.

Eventually Jimmy takes Eddie to a derelict house in the desert, where Eddie discovers two skulls in the sand. Through flashbacks, we discover that Eddie is a hitman, and previously killed Jimmy's wife (the woman in the swimming pool) and his son. Jimmy himself only survived because the bullet grazed his head rather than entering it. Thinking Jimmy is dead, Eddie buries the bodies in the desert (i.e. where they are now, a couple of years later), and after he's left, Jimmy comes to, digs himself out of the ground, and discovers the dead bodies of his family.

Eddie now knows why Jimmy has been torturing him. They fight, and Jimmy shoots Eddie three times and leaves his body in the desert. Fin.