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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: First Look Pictures
Salesrank: 42101
Released: July 20, 2004 |
| Our Price: $6.19 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
On a lonely freeway late one night a mother & her teenage daughters turn into a rest stop takes them into a surreal nightmare. A young blood-lusting cult attempts to recruit the girl while her mother must rescue her from the unimaginable .. Vampires? Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 10/02/2007 Run time: 91 minutes Rating: R
Pulse Reviews:
Underrated atmospheric thriller 
2009-04-12 - Boy, a lot of people hated this film. If you are a David Lynch fan and enjoyed "Muholland Drive", then this film is right up your alley. It is a creepy atmospheric thriller with lots of disjointed twists and turns. It gets weirder and creepier once the kidnapping of the daughter is underway. I think the screenwriter was trying to evoke Mr. Lynch's spirit. It's not perfect, but has been underrated as a stinker by prior reviewers. I can appreciate what the director was trying to do.
As far as acting, Ms. Stowe delivers another solid performance. When has she not? She also looks gorgeous as usual. What bad haircut? Her character Senga is popping pills, is mentally unhinged and stressed from constant conflicts with her rebellious teenage daughter. Definitely a character that our beautiful Ms. Stowe had never tackled before and I give her a thumbs up! Mischa Barton does a good job portraying an emotionally scarred teenager caught between two bickering divorced parents. Who can blame her rebellion and anger? She gives a great bratty performance totally unlike sweet "Marissa Cooper" of The O.C. I love her. Norman Reedus is he a good guy or bad guy? Jonathan Rhys-Davies is darkly sexy, perverted and a complete psychopath.
The film is shot mostly in half-lighted conditions and locales adding to it's creepy atmosphere. Overall, a very good effort by the Brits.
Be careful what you wish for
2009-02-19 - This film is a bit underrated, in my opinion. The plot of this film is well executed for what it is. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll just add that this is a movie of creepy surreal atmosphere that holds on to it's suspense through twists and turns, as it eventually unfolds into more and more of an interesting story. The only thing that should've been somewhat better was the ending; It left something to be desired: Some more impact. That said, this movie was much better than I expected though.
Makes No Sense 
2009-02-09 - Movie has some good actors and production values but the plot is impossible. The villians are unbelievable and contrived as some sort of blood sucking nihilists.You dont care about the characters. The only good parts are watching Madeline Stowe walk around a creepy diner. Great figure but that's all you will remember about this movie. This is a big 'SKIP IT'.
STOWE AWAY
2007-01-28 - First question: why is the talented Madeleine Stowe is this negligible piece of cinematic garbage? A paycheck's a paycheck I assume.
This is another one of those purportedly psychological thrillers that allows screenwriters to throw together some ideas and dare the audience to figure out what's going on.
A vampire cult of some kind has taken a young woman under their wings, spiriting her away from her distraught mother. Teen angst is a thematic element but the teens are so immature, you can only wish they all get zapped. The movie ultimately makes no sense and serves up one of those ambiguous endings so popular in movies these days. A real bummer here, folks.
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2006-01-11 - I loved this movie I dont understand why it got so many negative reviews. Its a very unpredictable movie, the acting is not as bad as alot of ppl say it is, and I liked the plot. When I first was saw this movie I was expecting it to be horrible because of what people told me but I ended up loving it. I guess it just depends on what kinda movies you like. The only thing that bugged me in this movie was the daughter was a stuck up brat and it got really annoying but I still recommend it.
