| Overview: | Velma (Courtney Love), a young newlywed, shares a working honeymoon with Norwood (Sy Richardson), a hit-man and bank robber.
Norwood and his partners, Sims (Joe Strummer) and Willy (Dick Rude), fail in the murder they have been hired to commit, pull a bank heist instead, and flee town. When their misfueled car breaks down, they bury the stolen loot and hike into an almost deserted oilfield settlement.
Unfortunately, this nameless village is a hideout of the coffee-addicted McMahon bandit gang (Cathy Burke, Elvis Costello, Bif Yeager, and The Pogues).
Tension, fueled by copious amounts of coffee, mounts as the bank robbers try to keep a low profile and the sultry Velma falls for two of the McMahons. Norwood tries to keep his cool and almost manages--until Dr. Farben (Dennis Hopper) and his bodyguard (Grace Jones) arrive...
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