Truth or Consequences, N.M.

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

Life's harsh. Why behave?

1997106 min6.2 / 10

A gritty crime thriller about a wronged ex-con seeking revenge against his mob boss, driven by betrayal and desperation across a harsh landscape.

Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former boss gets him a measly job in a warehouse, he decides on revenge and plans to steal a million dollars worth of drugs from him.

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