The Road Killers (1994)

At a desert truck stop, a gang of joyriders kidnaps a man's family and kills his brother. The local sheriff is of no help, so the man goes after them himself.

Director:

Deran Sarafian

Writer:

Tedi Sarafian

Stars:

Christopher Lambert, Craig Sheffer, David Arquette

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Lambert	...	Jack
Craig Sheffer	...	Cliff
David Arquette	...	Bobby
Josh Brolin	...	Tom
Michelle Forbes	...	Helen
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Rich
Michael Greene	...	Sheriff Hodes
Alexondra Lee	...	Ashley
Christopher McDonald	...	Glen
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Hauser
Richard C. Sarafian	...	Trucker (as Richard Sarafian)
Adrienne Shelly	...	Red
Patrick Thompson	...	Local
Guy Galley	...	Chicken Farmer
Pamela Gordon	...	Clerk

Storyline

After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.

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Plot Keywords:

woman in jeopardy | car | highway | maniac | prisoner | 

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Taglines:

The highway to hell

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, pervasive threat and strong language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bobby gives the wrong answer to every math problem that Cliff gives him: 365 times 12.9 is 4,708.5 (Bobby says 4,218.5) 42,000 times 18 is 756,000 (Bobby says 423,000) 3,511 times 46 is 161,506 (Bobby says 153,406) 264,000 times 342 is 90,288,000 (no answer from Bobby)

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Goofs

Cliff wants a police radio, Cortez drives a car to send it to him. This car has Dodge front and Ford rear.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Helen: [lights up a cigarette]
Ashley: Dad, could you pull over...
Jack: Why?
Ashley: I need some air.
Helen: Oh, Ashley, if it bothers you, you should have told me, I would have waited.
Ashley: It doesn't bother me, I just can't handle it every three seconds.
Helen: Well, I don't think I smoke every three seconds.

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Connections

Referenced in Unique Congratulation (2014)

User Reviews

Not a Lambert movie

I'm a huge fan of Christopher Lambert and I've wanted to see this movie for some time, I finally got the chance to see it this week.

When I first sat down to watch "The Road Killers" or "Road Flower" as it's known here in England, I wasn't to happy with it, Lambert looks out of place in this movie, it's not the kind of movie someone like Lambert should be in. As the movie "drove on" I started to enjoy it. I didn't expect this small low budget movie to be any good but it's a "time killer" all the same.

Craig Sheffer plays the eerie mentally-retarded psychopath whose after Lambert and his family when Sheffer kills Lambert's best friend, in a road rage incident. Sheffer is also accompanied with a gang of punks who drive around with him terrorizing everything and everyone. Sheffer plays Cliff, one f***** up son of a bitch, psychopath.

Not a bad movie but if your a Lambert fan there's better Lambert movies out there.

6/10

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 May 1994 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Roadflower

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,580,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, John Flock Productions, Miramax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1