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February 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
A dark, tightly focused thriller.Plot:
A suspensefilled thriller about a successful single woman who, on a deserted road, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Wonderful story idea, implausible conclusion moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kim Delaney | ... | Julia Robbins | |
| Timothy Bottoms | ... | Arthur | |
| Al Shannon | ... | Kriger | |
| Miles O'Keeffe | ... | Trey | |
| Anna Garduno | ... | Matty (as Anna Gray Garduno) | |
| Loren Haynes | ... | Willie Munroe (as Loren Haines) | |
| Larry Brand | ... | Morrison | |
| Thomas Wagner | ... | Captain Edwards | |
| Ernest Alexander | ... | Eugene | |
| JoAnn Willette | ... | Carrie (as Joanne Willette) | |
| Gil Christner | ... | Gas Attendant | |
| Al Guarino | ... | Joe Santini | |
| George Derby | ... | Jawbone | |
| Bodacious Bob McVickery | ... | Bodacious | |
| Rebecca Reynolds | ... | Biker Chick |
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Continuity: Julia tears the filter off her cigarette, but a moment later it's back on. moreQuotes:
Julia: Look, I better get going. I have a presentation tomorrow.Trey: Well, I'll see you later.
Julia: I don't think that would be a very good idea.
Trey: Why?
Julia: I lead a very simple life.
Trey: So do I.
Julia: For me right now you would be a major complication.
Trey: I'm not very complicated.
Julia: I think I liked this better when there was no words.
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This is a movie that had great possibilities - a woman on a road trip who has a one-night fling with a hitchhiker she picks up on the road. But the man refuses to let go, and tracks her down in her Southern California apartment, making unwanted phone calls and trying persistently to have some kind of relationship with her.
It's a fine start. But, without giving away too much of the ending, the screenwriters inexplicably decided to turn him into a good guy, attempting to create another classic "surprise ending." But it's awkward, often confusing, and ultimately entirely unbelievable. Had they story evolved differently, they could have turned this "obsessed" young man into a more sympathetic figure without all the implausible plot twists.
And a scene at the end, in which the woman is trapped with a knife-wielding killer, stretches on for minutes as the would-be-killer misses and hesitates. Real suspense doesn't have to be so clumsy or contrived.