A very strange film in the sense that its made up of some really great moments and also some disappointing ones. A number of ingredients from other films are thrown in (Duel, The Terminator) and particularly the daytime road chases and the police station scene is tense.
However the film is in my opinion almost destroyed by two of the most excruciatingly annoying and downright stupid lead characters (especially the sister, i hated her guts with a passion). The irritating brother and sister never stop bantering and bickering from start to finish to the point where i would probably have been glad if they bought it. Aside from that they also sported the most stupid behavior.
Realising how stupid it is to do something, only to do it anyway doesn't make it any better. The fact that the sister didn't believe what her brother saw, even after all they'd already been through, almost made me turn the movie off.
I had the feeling the second half was better than the first, even though riddled with cliche's (car out of gas, car not starting, cop not believing, the leads standing around watching and waiting while the killer does his work), to be honest maybe that was just because the two lead kids were just slightly less irritating than in the first half.
Salva however does prove he has a visual style that deserves a further career, but next time please much less cliche's and unsympathetic characters.
However the film is in my opinion almost destroyed by two of the most excruciatingly annoying and downright stupid lead characters (especially the sister, i hated her guts with a passion). The irritating brother and sister never stop bantering and bickering from start to finish to the point where i would probably have been glad if they bought it. Aside from that they also sported the most stupid behavior.
Realising how stupid it is to do something, only to do it anyway doesn't make it any better. The fact that the sister didn't believe what her brother saw, even after all they'd already been through, almost made me turn the movie off.
I had the feeling the second half was better than the first, even though riddled with cliche's (car out of gas, car not starting, cop not believing, the leads standing around watching and waiting while the killer does his work), to be honest maybe that was just because the two lead kids were just slightly less irritating than in the first half.
Salva however does prove he has a visual style that deserves a further career, but next time please much less cliche's and unsympathetic characters.
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