I missed Mystery Train.
But the similarities between Dead Man and Down by Law are that both movies are about fugitives. There is an outcast who stands out by being pretty strange and unconventional. The women fall in love pretty instantaneously with the men. The boyfriends always leave the girlfriends. Loyalty is pretty volatile. The men betray each other at the drop of a hat. The partnership happens because of circumstance. They decide to stick together because they have no other options. There is a foreign character who knows more than he appears to. He’s the most helpful one. The setting is on the edge of wilderness. I don’t know if all the conflicts are resolved. The attitude seems to be that life is hard. The story structure is unclear.
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