When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a (unbeknownst to him) young married woman, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband.
I was disappointed with Sean Penn's character. Penn did a fine job acting, it was just his character was so soft. I wanted to root for the guy but he made it hard for me to being so spineless. Also, the ending was a little too much for me going back and forth between the 4 main characters. By the end I was pretty overwhelmed and just glad to get out of there.
