Lembecke thinks Grillo owes him, so when his former boss gets him a measly job in a warehouse, he decides on revenge and plans to steal a million dollars' worth of drugs from him.

In addition to fleeing the police, the group must also now avoid an assassin named Sir who has been dispatched by the mafia, because Eddie Grillo was merely working for the real mob boss in Las Vegas, Tony Vago, who they have just attempted to sell the drugs to.

[4] Kiefer Sutherland told The Los Angeles Times in 1997 that "the lead characters are losers", adding that "if they'd turned left, they might have actually contributed to society.

[7] The film featured licensed rock and country songs from artists including The Allman Brothers Band, Lucinda Williams, Pete Droge, Tracy Bonham, Van Morrison and Vibrolush.

On April 9, 2013, Truth or Consequences, N.M. was released to Blu-ray by Mill Creek Entertainment as part of a double feature set with The Replacement Killers.

[12] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a negative review in 1997, criticizing its "pointless violence", the "moronic" love affair between Raymond and Addy and the "derivative, hackneyed script.

Cheshire concluded his review by stating that "Sutherland acquits himself well in all aspects of helming, including the action elements, and a range of top-flight tech work is led by Ric Waite’s sharp lensing.

He wrote, "Kiefer Sutherland overcomes some of the faults with a sleek stylistic sheen and rapid pacing in the early stages... [and] Gallo turns a typical loser part into a sympathetic antihero, and Dickens supports him with an equally strong and rounded portrayal.

"[18] David Nusair of Reel Films Reviews wrote in 2016, "Although the movie boasts a handful of compelling interludes in its first half (e.g. Sutherland's Curtis explains the difference between good guys and bad guys to Gordon), Truth or Consequences, N.M. doesn't really achieve anything resembling momentum until somewhere around the halfway mark - after which point the film morphs into a relatively entertaining caper that's been infused with a number of unexpectedly compelling sequences.