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Title: Salton Sea: All Wet
Review: Equal parts "Pulp Fiction" and "Memento", "The Salton Sea" only reminds us of how artfully assembled those two films are. Val Kilmer does a fairly good job as a mysterious crystal meth addict with an agenda. But his charisma alone doesn't illuminate the character. And neither does this clumsy, stumbling screenplay, nor the film's beautifully shot images. Oh, and though Vincent D'Onofrio (one of my favorite actors) doesn't actually give a bad performance, he comes so close, it's almost painful to watch. Verdit: A half-hearted film noir pastiche.
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