An emotionally damaged ex-serviceman travels to a border town in New Mexico to avenge a friend murdered by a gang boss in this unusual, inventive and compelling noir-shaded crime film where nothing quite happens in the way you might expect it to. The film takes its time revealing the characters' stories, and its eccentricities and unexpected turns somehow make it more convincing than the stereotypes of a typical noir, without stinting on the melodramatic intensity and existentialist gloom. It benefits…