Midnight Ride (1990)

A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.

Director:

Bob Bralver

Writers:

Russell V. Manzatt, Bob Bralver (as Robert Bralver)

Stars:

Michael Dudikoff, Mark Hamill, Savina Gersak

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Dudikoff	...	Lawson
Mark Hamill	...	Justin Mckay
Savina Gersak	...	Lara
Robert Mitchum	...	Dr. Hardy
Pamela Ludwig	...	Rental Agent
Timothy Brown	...	Jordan
Lezlie Deane	...	Joan (as Lezlie Dean)
Steve Ingrassia	...	Man with Joan
Cynthia Szigeti	...	Mrs. Egan
DeeDee Rescher	...	Receptionist (as Dee Dee Rescher)
Regina Krueger	...	Nurse in Elevator
Judy Bartram	...	Nurse
Mary Peters	...	Nurse
R.A. Rondell	...	Officer Baker
Suzanne Celeste	...	Cook

Storyline

A series of mysterious murders have happened in Montevideo, a small city in California. A policeman's wife is running away from her husband, trying to divorce him. The policeman tries to reconcile and begins to follow her...

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Plot Keywords:

exploding gasoline station | gasoline | fire | contemporary setting | diner | 

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Taglines:

Somewhere round the next bend, lies the road to terror

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 July 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cacería de medianoche

Filming Locations:

Grover Beach, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cannon Pictures Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the final battles, there is a short chase-sequence where Justin Mckay (Mark Hamill) and Lawson (Michael Dudikoff) fall down a flight of stairs after bumping into a nurse. Before and after this scene, both their shirts are covered in blood, but during the scene they are white and clean.

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Quotes

Joan: What are you doing?
Justin: I just wanted to make sure you're alright.
Joan: Well, I'm alright do you need any...
[Justin walks towards her]
Justin: What's the matter? Do you think I'm gonna hurt you?
Joan: Look, there's no offense, but I really... I don't... I really don't know you.
Justin: You're afraid of me, aren't you?
Joan: [she slowly backs up the stairs] No, I just want you to leave. I... want you to leave.
Justin: Well, I... just want to take your picture.
[he pulls out a camera]
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User Reviews

I guess the dark side was just too much.

Actor Mark Hamill as a sickly disturbed psychotic killer on the road. No way! The boyishly sweet looking Hamill is obviously trying to break away from that typecast his been associated with and this cheap b-grade Cannon action flick gave him an opportunity to do that. Well he lets it all out in an unconvincingly hammy and spaced-out portrayal with such non-apologetic aplomb. It's quite a sight…. A frightening one too, but not in that threatening way. But there's something random about it that just compels. Starring opposite of him is a surprisingly sound and rugged Michael Dudikoff and coming between the two is a feisty Savina Gersak. Making a brief and all-too tired turn is Robert Mitchum. Who looks like he'd rather be somewhere else and its understandable. I can't deny that I didn't enjoy it, as for an active nocturnal road chase movie with cat and mouse elements it was thrillingly executed. Never did it lose any of that gritty energy and hysterical nastiness from Bob Bralver's assertive direction. Sure it can be laughable, and contrived with its weak psychological front. But it's all about leaving a constant pile of destruction and a workable death toll. Still there's a real creepiness in certain sequences and atmospheric lighting, but it's mostly broken up by some ridiculously over-the-top set-pieces. That also goes for the out-of-nowhere shock ending. The material has actually dreamt up something that's original and could've been tightly menacing (as it has a wife fleeing her committed police husband, while unknowingly offering a ride to a unstable psycho), but how they go about it loses the possibility of gelling the two threats and dissolves into something quite standard with the opening half of the story's motive coming off dispensable. Fair b-grade action romp.