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Poignant, gripping, low budget!
r_mull15 September 2000
Truly one of Kennamer's best films! Rivals his earlier works ("Scary Flowers", "Ditch-digger", "Vegetable"). A notable omission in the list of actors credited with lending their talents to this film is the young fireman/paramedic seen for 2.2 seconds (in the background) as Richard Harrison is examining the aftermath of a helicopter crash. The viewing public hopes to see more of this fine actor in years to come.
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2/10
Lives up to its title!
udar556 April 2011
Nope, not that weird Ate de Jong horror flick. This is a regional thriller from Texas by Bret McCormick. Crazed criminal Toby Gilmore (Benton Jennings) escapes from prison and, naturally, does crazed things. A young girl (Blue Thompson, if that is your real name) becomes his Hyundai hostage after she witnesses him killing a motorist. On the case is the police chief (Richard Harrison) who got Gilmore locked up after he tried to rape the chief's daughter. Man, my love for all things Richard Harrison has led me down another bumpy road. This is pretty lame stuff, but you can derive some enjoyment from Jennings' totally bad over the top performance (his setting is constantly at 11). I also got a giggle out of Harrison putting pins in a map to chronicle the crime spree and then going, "He is going north!" and later the girl getting to a phone booth to call the cops and agonizing, "No phone book! Who do I call?" before dialing 911. McCormick previously made the appropriately named THE ABOMINATION and OZONE: ATTACK OF THE REDNECK MUTANTS. Fellow Texas filmmaker S.F. Brownrigg gets a special thanks in the end credits. He died a few years later and I'm wondering if the two things are possibly related.
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