30 Miles (2004/I)

Director:

Ryan Harper

Writer:

Cliff Gober (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A lot can happen in 30 Miles.

Plot:

An act of kindness leads to the destruction of two lives in just thirty miles, when a hitchiker and his ride let down their guards and reveal intimate, dark secrets about their pasts.

Plot Keywords:

Car Driving | Racial Relations

Cast

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs	...	Anthony (as Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs)
Rusty Gray	...	Ernie
Ken Arquelio	...	Tow Truck Driver

Runtime:

USA:80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | Dolby

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Your Half Pictures

Movie Connections:

References Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Pretty good

Was there uneven acting? Absolutely! Was it believable in every twist and turn of the dialog? Not really. Yet, this movie is a prime example of the sum being bigger than it's parts. Even if the acting is at times waaay overwrought, and the changes in the mood of the conversation occasionally seemed artificial, it still worked for three reasons: 1) The characters, even if not totally believable, were interesting 2) you couldn't predict where the movie was going, and 3) it never got pretentious. If you can handle the movie's shortcomings, ie disregard some of overacting, this movie is, with what very little it actually has beyond a GREAT concept and story, and mediocre execution, immensely entertaining, and ultimately works because at least some of the gripes that you might have underway, makes sense at the end. Had the acting been better, and some of the more outrageous turns in the conversation been cut or altered, this movie could have been a masterpiece, but as it is, still ends up being more than worth seeing.