Directed by Richard Greenberg Starring: Brent Roam, Shawn Woods, Christopher Bersh, Kiefer Sutherland Review by Melissa R. Mendelson
SYNOPSIS:
The nature of temptation. 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.
Sands of time stretched across solitary roads. Clouds of dust rose from speeding tires, and metal glistened under sun. Footsteps thundered against ground, but death followed in their chase. And a bullet flew along the sands of time, and a river of red fell down around the one now lying still.
How far would we go to escape our demise? If opportunity came and fell into our lap with promise of starting over, would we grab it, no questions asked? Would we step into that car and take off down the unknown road, trusting the one behind the wheel, but does this man have our best intentions at heart? Or is this opportunity a mere pawn in a hitman's game, and will the price to escape our misery come packed in a silver round fired from his gun?
His trail had grown cold, but rumor had it that his killing never stopped. And the body found out in the desert told that he had returned, and it was only a matter of time before he found his target. And if the feds fell too far behind, this hitman would disappear without a trace once the job was done.
An educated, intelligent man, Arthur Banks could have had any life he chose, but he became the gun held tightly in his hands. And with precision, he aimed and fired, and another life was gone. And he moved on to the next target, never questioning his life, and his reputation began to exceed him. But what if there came a day, where he had reached his end? Would a bullet strike him down, or would he escape to never be heard from again?
The job was approaching fast, and his last partner betrayed him. And Banks needed someone to step into her place to move the schedule up ahead, and then he saw her. Down in the depth of her misery, his eyes fell on the one looking for hope, and he approached her, holding opportunity in his hands. But would she be his to control, or would she turn the tables around on him?
As plans for the job fell into place, nothing is what it seems, and doubt starts to penetrate deep within the hitman's mind. Has the tango with the F.B.I. finally come to an end? Has love touched his heart, turning the need to kill cold? Does he still hold the life of one in his hands, or is his own life hanging by a thread? And the gun is raised, a finger wraps around the trigger, and the bullet strikes home.
The tale of hitmen surrounds us with movies such as Copycat, The Watcher, and Taking Lives. Their dark persona touches upon our fear and curiosity, making them more than mortal men, but beneath the darkness does humanity still linger? Does a heart still beat, or are they merely lost until they have reached their end? Desert Saints is a suspenseful, dramatic story of one, whose life is solely for the kill until a pit stop leads him into the path of another, changing his life forever. And as his fate unfolds, his character grips us with conflict and depth, brilliantly delivered by Kiefer Sutherland, and the ending will keep you guessing.
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