‘Red Rock West’

John Dahl’s terrific 1993 film noir brings to mind the Coen brothers’ “Blood Simple,” Carl Colpaert’s “Delusion” and his own “Kill Me Again” in its clever plotting and wide-open spaces setting. Nice-guy Nicolas Cage (pictured) is just passing through the tiny Wyoming town of Red Rock when he’s mistaken by a saloon proprietor (J.T. Walsh) for the Dallas hit man he’s hired to rub out his wife (Lara Flynn Boyle). From this point on, Dahl and his brother Rick, who helped write the script, come up with imaginative plot twists and turns that not only heighten suspense but also reveal character. With Dennis Hopper as the real hit man (Cinemax Tuesday at 8 p.m.).