Curve (2015)

A young woman becomes trapped in her car after a hitchhiker causes her to have an automobile accident.

Director:

Iain Softley

Writers:

Kimberly Lofstrom Johnson (story), Kimberly Lofstrom Johnson (screenplay)

Stars:

Julianne Hough, Teddy Sears, Penelope Mitchell

Cast

Cast overview:
Julianne Hough	...	Mallory Rutledge
Teddy Sears	...	Christian Laughton
Penelope Mitchell	...	Ella Rutledge
Madalyn Horcher	...	Katie Goldman
Drew Rausch	...	Deputy
Kurt Bryant	...	Katie's Father

Storyline

Mallory Rutledge is driving her fiancé's truck to Denver to meet him and get married. While driving in the lonely road, she talks to her sister Ella and decides to take a detour to visit the Grand Canyon. Out of the blue, the truck stops and Mallory can get no service in her cell phone. However the gentle drifter Christian Laughton offers to fix the car and Mallory accepts. Then she offers a ride to him and when she is driving, he says pornography to her. She asks him to leave but he shows a knife and tells her to go to a derelict motel. Mallory sees that the psychopath Christian is not wearing the seat bell and decides to throw the truck off the road in a curve. But the leg of Mallory is trapped in the overturned car and Christian leaves her without any help, in the beginning of Mallory's worst nightmare. Will she escape from the vehicle and from the psychopath?

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Plot Keywords:

psychopath | cell phone | escape | woman fights a man | blood on face | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, bloody images, language including sexual references and brief graphic nudity

Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

19 January 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Curve (La curva de la muerte)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blumhouse Productions, LBI Entertainment, Ombra Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mathieu Kassovitz was at one point attached to direct and star.

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Goofs

Heading from San Diego to Denver, you are not likely to see a sign for I-80 to Denver. I-80 goes through Wyoming, not Colorado.

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Connections

References Serendipity (2001)

User Reviews

Pretty decent survival movie.

If I had to compare this to another movie it would be "Open Water" except in a car with a killer instead of a shark and a more satisfying ending. In essence this is more of a slow survival movie with a faster paced "survivor girl vs killer" finish.

All of the production, acting, directing, etc are well done. However, as others have mentioned it doesn't really bring anything new to the table, but then again, does any movie these days?

In the end I liked it. If you are looking for a full blown horror movie, this is not what you are looking for. If you like movies like "Open Water" and "127 Hours" then this is probably worthy of a watch.