STRAIGHT TO HELL

Three hitmen, Willy, Norwood, and Simms, are staying in a Los Angeles hotel. After failing a job, they take off in a car with Velma, Norwood's pregnant wife. They flee to Mexico to escape the wrath of their boss, Amos Dade, robbing a bank along the way. While driving through the desert, their car breaks down, having accidentally filled the tank with diesel. They bury their suitcase of money and begin to walk.

Night falls, and they come upon a nearly deserted town, where they enter an empty bar and the three men get drunk while Velma pesters them to leave. The group camps out for the night on the edge of town, and the following morning Velma witnesses several trucks of cowboys enter the town, carrying espresso machines with them. Much to the dismay of Velma, who insists they keep a low profile and leave, the three men enter the town, which is now full of townspeople, and go back to the bar.

There they are confronted by Bruno and Angel-Eyes, two members of the gang that runs the town, the McMahon clan. A stand-off ensues, but before guns are drawn, another group, led by a man named Rusty Zimmerman, arrives to arrest Bruno and Angel-Eyes for previous (minor) crimes. However the three hitmen kill Zimmerman and his cadre, saving the McMahon brothers. They are ultimately welcomed by the townspeople for this action. The bizarre townspeople include George and Fabienne, a couple who own a general store, Karl, a man running a hot dog stand, and countless cowboys and other unusual characters. The head honcho of the town, Frank McMahon, invites the gang to a party that evening. The following day, Frank's elderly father is pushed off of a building by his relative Sabrina. The entire town has a funeral procession for him, and at the funeral another employee of Mr. Dade, named Whitey, shows up looking for the hitmen and Velma.

The town seizes Whitey for being a "stranger", and accuses him of the murder of the McMahon grandfather. On the gallows, Whitey begins to tell the town about a bounty on the hitmen, but is hanged before he can tell his story. Meanwhile, Simms and Fabienne have an affair, while Willy falls for Louise, one of the few women in the McMahon clan, who spurns his advances and is clearly only interested in learning where they have hidden their money. A man named I.G. Farben, who claims to be a house developer, enters town with his wife Sonia and introduces himself, but quickly disappears, leaving a suitcase of machine guns for Norwood, Simms, and Willy. The next morning, Simms sees Mr. Dade's car enter the town, and tries to get a drunken Willy and Norwood to leave with Velma.

George, already angry over Fabienne being unfaithful, kills Angel-Eyes for making sexual advances her, and the three hitmen are blamed. A series of shootouts begin between the townspeople, Mr. Dade's crew, and the hitmen. Frank joins Mr. Dade's team, and everyone begins to turn against each other. Willy seeks Louise, hoping she'll join his side, but instead she shoots him, though he manages to crawl away, badly wounded. As Simms and Willy run into the desert, a shootout ensues with the town priest. They reach the spot where they buried the money, and, after recovering it, Simms shoots the wounded Willy. Simms in turn is shot by Velma. Frank and Velma then take off arm-in-arm with the suitcase of money, while Simms and Willy die.

Meanwhile, in town, chaos has ensued, and the store is set on fire, with Norwood and Fabienne inside. They miraculously survive and shoot Mr. Dade and his cronies. Eventually virtually everyone is killed, aside from Norwood and several female characters. Frank and Velma leave the town in a truck with the suitcase full of money, but accidentally drive off of a cliff when their brakes go out, killing both in a fiery explosion. Norwood leaves town with the women, and Farben Oil Company trucks enter the town to drill for oil.

The film culminates in a series of chaotic shootouts involving the hitmen, townspeople, and their pursuers, leading to betrayal, shifting alliances, and violent outcomes for many characters.

Straight to Hell's ending is a send-up of classic western climaxes, with every faction turning on each other in increasingly absurd and nihilistic fashion. The betrayals and chaotic violence lampoon the conventions of the genre, emphasizing the film’s satirical approach and its message that, in this world, loyalty is scarce and mayhem reigns. The ultimate fates of the main characters reinforce the film’s anarchic, darkly comic tone.