lurkerwithout | First Snow

Guy Pearce is a flooring salesman who breaks down in some little podunk town. While waiting for his car to be fixed he decides to make use of a roadside fortune teller (JK Simmons) who first predicts a financial windfall and then backs off and returns his payment. Later when Pearce's character returns and pushes him, Simmons says how he saw Pearce's death around the first snow. Not a normal thing for New Mexico...

So Pearce basically gets wiggier and wiggier as he comes to believe he's doomed. Either from a former co-worker he got fired. Or maybe his former best friend he sold out when both got busted for money laundering...

Any broody Guy Pearce is always awesomely broody. And lots of recognizable and good c-listers like Simmons. Always a plus. But the ending is just total ass. I'd rewatch it to try and nail down what the hell happened but at this point I don't care. Plus, no way this thing needed to be two hours. Easily a half hour that could have been trimmed...