Straight to Hell

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Straight to Hell ★½ 1987 (R)

A wildly senseless, anachronistic western spoof about a motley, inept gang of frontier thieves. An overplayed, indiscriminating punk spaghetti oat-opera. 86m/C VHS, DVD . Dennis Hopper, Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello, Grace Jones, Jim Jarmusch, Dick Rude, Courtney Love, Sy Richardson, Biff Yeager, Xander Berkeley, Shane McGowan; D: Alex Cox; W: Alex Cox, Dick Rude; C: Tom Richmond; M: The Pogues, Pray for Rain.

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