The Salton Sea |  | Director: D.J. Caruso
Actors: Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Goldberg, Luis Guzmán, Doug Hutchison
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  111 reviews
Sales Rank: 3766
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.8 x 0.6
MPN: 18882
ISBN: 0790756757
UPC: 085391888222
EAN: 9780790756752
ASIN: B00005JKM2
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: September 10, 2002
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In the real world, drug use is unimaginably boring to watch--but it inspires spectacular visuals in movies like Trainspotting and Drugstore Cowboy. To this list add The Salton Sea, a moody thriller starring Val Kilmer as a musician who goes undercover into the world of speed freaks to find the men who killed his wife. Though that plot summary may sound trite, creative direction, strong performances, and a solid script that shifts to and fro in time make The Salton Sea worth a look. Kilmer has an erratic track record but he's always an intriguing on-screen presence; Vincent D'Onofrio has a field day playing a noseless speed dealer called Pooh Bear. The cast is full of excellent character actors, including Anthony LaPaglia (Lantana), Peter Sarsgaard (Boys Don't Cry), B.D. Wong (Jurassic Park), Deborah Kara Unger (Crash), Adam Goldberg (Saving Private Ryan), and Luis Guzman (The Limey). --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
Snitch. Fiend. Addict. Thief. Danny parker is all these things. Or is he? val kilmer plays a jazz musician who leads a double life in hopes of trapping the murderers of his wife in this edgy high-style neo-noir thriller packed with a rogues gallery of dealers drifters double-crossers and good ol boys. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/14/2004 Starring: Val Kilmer Doug Hutchison Run time: 103 minutes Rating: R Director: D.j. Caruso
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 Gotta see it! December 23, 2009
Pooh (Norristown, Pa.)
I caught this movie on a humbug late one night. I laughed and was on edge. If you like drug cultured movies You can't miss with this one.
Cheesy but good December 9, 2009
S. Quigley (Novato, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cheesy a little but definitely good.
Unrealistic of the actual drug world though. I have never seen that many tweekers in one room where they were not fighting or accusing each other of steeling the dope. and to just leave the drugs out? would never happen. especially not with speed.
But val kilmer looks super hot in this movie!
 the gritty salty underbelly of LA's drug traffic December 7, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
The sad story of a trumpet player caught up in a web of lies
of his own making.
He has a Mexican drug ring, his wife's parents, two sheriff's narcs
and the FBI all watching his every move,
while he tries to set up the guys who killed his wife.
The end is sort of unexpected and I liked that,
but the LA / southern California drug ( meth) scene is
nothing but black on black with murder and insanity
mixed in: the story of an LA rat turns into a renewal of faith?
Salton Sea Review November 21, 2009
Paul Jonason (Los Angeles)
A great film with Val Kilmer and really an all star cast. A gritty, sometimes hard to watch story about the speed subculture and well played out revenge plot. This movie ay not be for everyone, but is well made, acted, and directed. Probably the best part I have seen played by Vincent D'Onofrio as Poo Bear, a dangerous gacked out drug dealer that does not trust anyone.
Like a serious mind tweak, this film is unforgettable... November 4, 2009
Andrew Ellington (Mulholland Drive)
You can place this in the `hidden gems' file, for `The Salton Sea', while not perfect, is one intriguing and worthwhile ride that you may never take. It's one of the better films you've never heard of. I remember finding this in Blockbuster back in 02 and wondering just what it was, seeing the names Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio and saying "I'll give it a try" and being totally blown away. I think I watched it a record seven times before bringing it back (I kept bringing it to every friend I had and watching it with them...I was seventeen had nothing better to do with my time).
Is it the best movie ever?
No. In fact, as you can see, I don't even give it an A rating, but this film is engaging, wonderfully acted, crisply shot and all around very entertaining.
Kilmer (underrated as an actor and really needs to challenge himself with worthy material) plays Danny Parker, a musician haunted by the death (brutal murder) of his wife. Since her death he has sunk into a morbid depression and become wrapped up in a life of drugs. This life throws him into the company of some eclectic individuals, all of which play a central part in bringing him closer to his goal; vengeance.
So, as I stated in my previous review (for `Flightplan'), I am dedicating my next few reviews to one of my favorite actors; Peter Sarsgaard. This is not one of his best roles, but it is one of the first of his I had seen. I had seen `Boys Don't Cry' but I didn't even really know who `he' was at that point and focused mainly on Swank and Sevigny (although over time Sarsgaard's performance has really stood out as utter brilliance). Sarsgaard delivers a charmingly docile performance here as Jimmy, Danny's clingy friend. He's naïve and goofy and sad in a way, but totally likable. He is overshadowed by Kilmer's eerily desperation (one of his finest performances) and D'Onofrio's stellar Pooh-Bear (this character is so out there yet so marvelously delivered), but Sarsgaard is most certainly memorable here.
Director D.J. Caruso is the biggest star here, for it is his grungy direction that really elevates this film and gives it a crisp edge that makes us sit up in rapt attention. The film is incredibly murky, and that works, for it `takes us there'.
It's funny because this is not a film I'd consider to be superb, but it is a film that I will never forget. The gimmicky aspects of the film work extra hard at creating a finished product you want to like, and so you wind up liking it. I still have the `skull rings' I bought after watching Kilmer's stellar performance, and this films title proved to be the inspiration for a song I wrote when a close friend lost his wife to a horrible car accident.
`The Salton Sea'; it just has a devastatingly pure ring to it.
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