I was looking forward to this trucking road movie with big names like Stacey Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis. However, this cat and mouse thriller was highly disappointing.
The premise was good. The first few minutes grabbed me and it had me invested. I was curious to see what would happen next. This was when the film started dragging, though. There are characters that served no purpose - except for making up screen time. The character actions, reactions and motivations were also not believable. There was so much talk that I eventually became bored.
Keach stars as a truck driver, Pat Quid, who becomes suspicious of a man he calls 'Smith or Jones'. Very little is known about this character, but we safely assume him to be the killer and the antagonist. There's no misdirection here - what you see is what you get. Jamie Lee Curtis is Hitch (or Pamela). I didn't find this character intriguing at all and in fact didn't really care about her. It would have worked better if she was closer related to Quid, instead of simply a stranger in the form of a hitchhiker.
The film's climax had me raising an eyebrow - once again questioning the character actions. Oh, and by the way director Richard Franklin, I didn't like the way the Dingo was handled!! At times the chain was so tight around this poor dog's neck, with Keach pulling on him, that the dog was clearly in agony. Shame on you!
Would I watch it again? No.
The premise was good. The first few minutes grabbed me and it had me invested. I was curious to see what would happen next. This was when the film started dragging, though. There are characters that served no purpose - except for making up screen time. The character actions, reactions and motivations were also not believable. There was so much talk that I eventually became bored.
Keach stars as a truck driver, Pat Quid, who becomes suspicious of a man he calls 'Smith or Jones'. Very little is known about this character, but we safely assume him to be the killer and the antagonist. There's no misdirection here - what you see is what you get. Jamie Lee Curtis is Hitch (or Pamela). I didn't find this character intriguing at all and in fact didn't really care about her. It would have worked better if she was closer related to Quid, instead of simply a stranger in the form of a hitchhiker.
The film's climax had me raising an eyebrow - once again questioning the character actions. Oh, and by the way director Richard Franklin, I didn't like the way the Dingo was handled!! At times the chain was so tight around this poor dog's neck, with Keach pulling on him, that the dog was clearly in agony. Shame on you!
Would I watch it again? No.