★★★★★ – Guardian. Joel and Ethan Coen kicked off their legendary career with this hard-boiled neo-noir laced with black humour, bloody twists, and sly existential ice.

"★★★★★ – A gripping, drum-tight noir masterpiece" – Guardian

"★★★★★ – One of the great debut features of modern times" – Little White Lies

★★★★★ – Total Film

★★★★ – Radio Times

Joel and Ethan Coen kicked off their legendary career with this hard-boiled neo-noir laced with black humour, bloody twists, and sly existential ice.

When a sleazy Texas bar owner hires corrupt P.I. Loren Visser to kill his wife and her lover, a 'simple' hit spirals into a murderous scheme of Visser's own.

Screening as part of Coen Brothers - The First Eight.