U Turn

About U Turn

When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to kill them both.

Oliver Stone's U Turn is a 1997 crime romance film. At 125 minutes long, it arrived in October 1997.

Its themes are money, desert, police officer, and wilderness.

Sean Penn appears as Bobby Cooper, Nick Nolte as Jake McKenna, Jennifer Lopez as Grace McKenna, and Joaquin Phoenix as Toby N. Tucker. The screenplay is by John Ridley. Produced by Phoenix Pictures. In the United States it streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.

Sweet Virginia, Fargo, and Payback make useful companions to U Turn, all filed under neo-noir and robbery. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 850 votes and it carries a R rating.