Carjacked (2011)

A single mom and her child are carjacked by a bank robber.

Director:

John Bonito

Writers:

Michael Compton (screenplay), Sherry Compton (screenplay)

Stars:

Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff, Connor Hill

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maria Bello	...	Lorraine Burton
Stephen Dorff	...	Roy
Connor Hill	...	Chad Burton
Robert Peters	...	Orville
Cynthia Rube	...	Cashier Diner
Michael Arata	...	Trucker
Gary Grubbs	...	Deputy Briggs
Josh Gates	...	Cashier
Tim Griffin	...	Officer
Catherine Dent	...	Therapist
Kristen Kerr	...	Young Woman
Joanna Cassidy	...	Betty
Angelle Brooks	...	Judge
Jeff Joslin	...	Gary Burton
Lenore Banks	...	Grandma

Storyline

The divorced Lorraine Burton is an insecure woman that raises her seven year-old son Chad alone and without money. Her ex-husband Gary is a former military that went in court martial and presses Lorraine to take Chad for him. One day, Lorraine stops her car in a gas station after her therapy to buy frozen pizzas for Chad and her. When she returns, the bank robber Roy carjacks them and heads to Tijuana, Mexico with Lorraine and Chad. Along their journey, Lorraine tries to protect Chad from the psychopath Roy.

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Plot Keywords:

blonde | nipples visible through clothing | shotgun | kidnapping | money bag | 

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Taglines:

Vengeance is Hers

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Maria Bello and Tim Griffin also star in NBC's Prime Suspect (2011).

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Goofs

Near the end of the movie, when Lorraine's character is holding the shotgun on Roy right after the car wreck, she fires the gun once over Roy's head, then pumps the shotgun, but no empty shell is ejected, which is impossible. Worse yet, she delivers another line of dialogue and then pumps the shotgun a second time without having fired it again and, once more, no shell is ejected. Roy would have known the gun was empty.

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Quotes

Roy: Lorraine, you do me right, and I'll send you and your boy off with a smile and a fond farewell. You do me wrong, then you and little Chad here are fucked.
Lorraine Burton: Are you threatening my son now?
Roy: I'm threatening you and your son.

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Soundtracks

Road rage
Written by Robert Neary
Performed by Robert Neary
Courtesy of BMI music

User Reviews

A very tense and engrossing thriller about a mother and her son carjacked and forced to drive the stranger to safety. I say B+

"I don't want your money, you got a car don't you...drive" Lorraine (Bello) is having a rough time. Her husband left her with her young son and she has no money. Her night begins with group therapy, then she spends the rest of the money she has on Bagel Bites and gas. It gets worse when Roy (Dorff) comes into her life. He wants a ride, and has a gun to make sure he gets one. Lorraine and her son are now forced to help him. This is a movie that could easily have been a cheesy TV drama. The fact that Bello & Dorff are the actors helps make it into a more tense and exciting thriller. This is the kind of movie that has you hooked 5 minutes in and you are tense and on the edge of your seat the entire time. Stuck between doing what you would think you would do, and what you should do keeps you thinking and engrossed the entire time. Nothing really amazing here, but one of the most tense and exciting thrillers I have seen in a while. Overall, a very good movie that won't disappoint and is very much worth watching. I give it a B+.

*Also try - Endure & Firewall

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 January 2012 (Kuwait)

Also Known As:

Jacked

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Daniel Grodnik Productions, Films In Motion, Goldrush Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1