A kind of pop-art remake of Antonioni's THE PASSENGER, Roger Donaldson's enigmatic WHITE SANDS is ultimately undone by its labyrinthine, cumbersome plot.
Willem Dafoe plays small-town New Mexico sheriff Ray Dolezal, who gets more than he bargained for when he investigates an apparent suicide in a remote part of his territory. The victim turns out to be an FBI agent who has with him a suitcase containing half a million dollars in used bills. Dolezal
deduces that the "suicide" was actually a murder; from evidence in the man's motel room, the sheriff reasons that he was on his way to a meeting with somebody to buy something with the money. Dolezal decides to assume...
Released:
1992
Rated:
R
Length:
101 mins