Film - The Big Empty

Writer/Director - Steve Anderson
Stars - Jon Favreau
Support - Daryl Hannah, Gary Farmer, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelsey Grammer and many more. (Yup, it's one of those.)
This one is very bent. Lots of language.

"You get kind of thirsty waitin' around a town like this."
"Where would we drive?" "I dont know. We could drive to Hawaii..."

Watch the Trailer - or not.

So, Neely asked John to take a blue suitcase to Baker, California and deliver it to a trucker named Cowboy. They cant seem to connect, but Cowboy leaves a blue bowling ball bag with instructions not to open it. Suddenly, Neely is found shot, with his head cut off and John suspects it might be in the ball bag.

Probably, the best thing about this movie is the soundtrack. At times it's kind of like Angelo Badalamenti's work. You know, sort of Twin Peaks. Sprinkled in with it, though, are some commercial gems, including - 18 Wheels & a Crowbar; I'm Your Breadmaker, Baby; and my personal favorite Honkytonk Maniac from Mars.

In fact, The Big Empty is kind of a David Lynch/Coen brothers knock off. It's quirky, with plenty of twists to keep us watching, but nothing to write home about. I never thought I'd say this, but I think Daryl Hannah had the best performance of all. So what does that tell ya?

End of it all? It starts out well, giving us high expectations, but about halfway through the humor goes away and we're left with a collection of scenes leading up to an expected end. Unfortunately, this one doesnt bring us there gracefully, like say, Wristcutters does. I honestly found myself hoping The Big Empty would end. Eventually it did.

I wouldnt run out and rent this, but I'd definitely buy the soundtrack.