Octane (2003)

Director:

Marcus Adams

Writer:

Stephen Volk (written by)

Release Date:

14 November 2003 (UK)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Driven by Evil

Plot:

While on a late night road trip home, a woman must save her rebellious teenage daughter who runs off with a bizarre group of blood-letting psychos. |

Plot Keywords:

Road Trip | Tanker Truck | Cd | Cult Leader | Windshield Wiper

Cast

Madeleine Stowe	...	Senga Wilson
Norman Reedus	...	Recovery Man
Bijou Phillips	...	Backpacker
Mischa Barton	...	Natasha 'Nat' Wilson
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	The Father
Leo Gregory	...	Joyrider
Gary Parker	...	Vacation Man
Amber Batty	...	Vacation Woman
Jenny Jules	...	Highway Patrol Sergeant
Patrick O'Kane	...	Trucker
Martin McDougall	...	Motivational Speaker
Shauna Shim	...	Paramedic #1
David Menkin	...	Paramedic #2
Nigel Whitmey	...	Detective Ned Stephens
Samuel Fröler	...	Marek Wilson

Also Known As:

Pulse (USA) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language, some drug and sexual content.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK | Luxembourg

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Luxembourg

Company:

Delux Productions

Trivia:

Mischa Barton had her belly button pierced specially for her role in this movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Senga and Nat drive past the scene of the first accident, the background chatter on the police radio loops.

Quotes:

Backpacker: How do you feel?
Natasha 'Nat' Wilson: Different.
Backpacker: Do you wanna look different?
Natasha 'Nat' Wilson: Yeah.

Soundtrack:

Firesuite

Yikes!!

It took 3 attempts to finish this turkey, and I only did it because my husband was interested. Sad to say, all of our guesses as to what was happening were better than the actual plot. Who makes these things and why? Whatever they paid the actors could not possibly have been enough to compensate them for the damage it must have done to their future careers. I have been a lifelong fan of the Horror?Thriller genre, and this is a reasonably unique picture. I would rather see a trite plot that makes some kind of sense than whatever the heck this was. Watch this puppy at your own risk. There is no redemption for a movie that drags on without any real hint of what's going on and at the end there is no satisfaction.