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zfreelance) wrote2011-02-28 04:01 am
zfreelance) wrote2011-02-28 04:01 am
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as we sat and watched
I have an entire bookmarks folder dedicated to movies I should probably watch, if I ever get around to it.
I picked the movies randomly, via things like IMDB and Wikipedia, and there are some weird ones, like Highwaymen.
I have the world's biggest weakness for dusty road movies. Joy Ride, The Forsaken, John Carpenter's Vampires... Love it, even when its so bad it hurts.
Highwaymen is one such film, based on the life and times of a guy whose wife was killed by a hit-and-run serial killer. Said guy snaps and dedicated his life to pursuing said serial killer (because you know cops are too ass-faced to actually arrest the right guy). In the process, Rhona Mitra ends up in the serial killer's crosshairs. There is driving, driving, and, uh. Driving stick!
The movie was shot in 2004, and yet everybody but the bumbling cop drives stick. Lollerskates.
Anyway, the movie is nothing to rave about, but I enjoyed it, and there are some pretty nifty (and creepy) moments. Perfect for a shoot-em-up road movie buff who isn't too picky about things like meaningful plot or happily-ever-afters.
And because I'm one of THOSE:
Highwaymen via Stagevu
TL;DR Come for the cars, stay for Mr. Passion of the Christ swearing and driving stick.
I picked the movies randomly, via things like IMDB and Wikipedia, and there are some weird ones, like Highwaymen.
I have the world's biggest weakness for dusty road movies. Joy Ride, The Forsaken, John Carpenter's Vampires... Love it, even when its so bad it hurts.
Highwaymen is one such film, based on the life and times of a guy whose wife was killed by a hit-and-run serial killer. Said guy snaps and dedicated his life to pursuing said serial killer (because you know cops are too ass-faced to actually arrest the right guy). In the process, Rhona Mitra ends up in the serial killer's crosshairs. There is driving, driving, and, uh. Driving stick!
The movie was shot in 2004, and yet everybody but the bumbling cop drives stick. Lollerskates.
Anyway, the movie is nothing to rave about, but I enjoyed it, and there are some pretty nifty (and creepy) moments. Perfect for a shoot-em-up road movie buff who isn't too picky about things like meaningful plot or happily-ever-afters.
And because I'm one of THOSE:
Highwaymen via Stagevu
TL;DR Come for the cars, stay for Mr. Passion of the Christ swearing and driving stick.