“Dead West” (** out of four) was a heavy-handed serial killer melodrama about a charismatic drifter (Brian Sutherland) who drives cross-country and murders numerous women who he encounters whom he deems unworthy of living but problems ensue when he falls in love with one of his potential next victims whom he attempts to save from a drug dealer, cleverly named Suge White (are you laughing yet?). Sutherland is good in a very difficult role and the movie is far from the worst of its ilk but the central story is still very unpleasant and it’s fatally overlong at nearly two hours. Eerie and effective music score by Samih Tareen.