For some reason, both Blockbuster and Hollywood Video in 2 different towns were always rented out for about half a year, before I finally got to rent it a few days ago. It wasn't quite as good as I expected, but I did like it. I'm a fan of "Duel", so I rented this movie, which is different, storywise, a little bit. This movie also kind of reminded me of "Night of the Hunter" also, since it is just one long chase scene, with about 3 breaks. Here is what I didn't like, or didn't think made sense about the movie: I wish the "mystery" of the truckdriver(s) lasted longer than it did. I could barely hear the musical score of the movie. Lotta noise going on almost constantly. I did kind of like the song played at the end credits a little bit, though. I didn't think that both the main characters were consistent with themselves; maybe that's due to the situation they were put in; I don't know. For example, Casper's character was helpful, kind, and descent at the schoolyard. Once they got into the situation, he was rather mean to Danielle's character for about the next 70 minutes of the movie. Also, Danielle's character in one scene toward the middle/end starts yelling/mouthing off at her ex-boyfriend while the car and truck are side by side, after having tried to convince Casper's character to let her talk to her ex earlier (with no allowance). Then a few scenes later, she tries to talk with her crazy ex. I just didn't think that made sense. The villains were embarrassingly obsessed with "teamplay" and "football philosophy". I'm glad the chubby, reluctant of the 3 survived later on. Lastly, the explosion at the end was ridiculous. Too much napalm; Anyway, what I liked about the movie was the little bit of scenery in it, about half the chase scenes were really good, the fact that the heros were on foot for a while and had to switch cars, and how there were other cars on the road, even when they got up into the mountains, and I really liked Danielle Brett. She did a really good job in the movie (though she played a bit of a spoiled brat) She only seemed to have trouble acting, when she had to get mad and scream at her ex. She has one of those faces/looks about her that is attractive in a strong, hypnotic way. All in all, I liked the movie, but it could have been more enjoyable with more mystery and a more evident score. By the way, Casper Van Dien did a good job with the character he was given, which wasn't much and didn't make sense all the time.
