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Surely, one thinks, this will be a clever twist on an old concept.
Surely theyre not going to play thisstraight?
Well, I have some terrible news for you.
Hes fleeing to Texas, and she insists on riding out with him.
There, one gunshot later, she runs out of the house with a 3-year-old girl in her arms.
The trio speed off.
See Debra Graniksinfinitely superiorLeave No Trace, released earlier this year, for proof.
In the end Roy is just another goon who discovers he has a soft side.
And who dramatically coughs blood at cinematically opportune moments.
Still, incidental pleasures remain.
Are cliches more sympathetic when theyre made to suffer?
