The Road Killers

1994 "The highway to hell"
5| 1h29m| R| en| More Info
Released: 20 May 1994 Released
Producted By: Dimension Films
Country: United States of America
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After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.

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Deran Sarafian

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Dimension Films

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GamerTab That was an excellent one.
GazerRise Fantastic!
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
callanvass Glen's (Christopher McDonald) young son (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is almost killed by a maniac on the road. Glen insists on confronting the culprit (Craig Sheffer). He gets into a heated discussion with him at a restaurant. Glen is tragically burned to death in a car accident during a showdown with cars, and it's up to Jack (Christopher Lambert) to get revenge, especially when his family gets in dangerThis started off very auspiciously. It was intense, interesting, and suspenseful. There was nothing complicated about it, it was an old fashioned set-up, and it was working beautifully. Christopher McDonald's death scene is one of the most realistically disturbing death scenes I've seen. I felt for JGL in that scene, I could feel the emotion. I was really beginning to wonder why this movie is rated so low. My question became answered, not too long after. The first half is an above average thriller, but sadly, there is a second half as well. It tosses away all the progress it made for unimaginative storytelling, and extremely poor character development. Too many characters disappear during key times, all for the sake of focusing on the villains. Christopher Lambert's screen time isn't as big as you might think. He has a substantial part, don't get me wrong, but he disappears too often. His "everyday" man had potential, but it's written so poorly. Lambert tries, but he's defeated by the script. Craig Sheffer is the biggest problem for me in this movie. He has WAY too much screen time, especially when his role is as mundane as it was. He did these weird facial ticks, and gives a whiny, unconvincing performance. I wanted to backhand him one. They try to portray him as crazy, but he was just an imbecilic baby as far as I'm concerned. Josh Brolin has an unmemorable early role as a sensitive person. David Arquette does what he does best, be eccentric. Joseph Gordon-Levitt shows why he's such a sought after actor these days. It was very impressive, considering his age. Alexondra Lee does her best Scarlett Johansson impression, and even resembles her. The ending is so routine, so conventional, that it angered me. Final Thoughts: I was going to give this movie a rating in the upper 4's, but I really liked a bit of the first half. There are some memorable scenes, but Craig Sheffer & routine plotting ruin it. It's worth a watch I suppose, but I wouldn't go out of my way. Its average5/10
Rodrigo Amaro I'm glad this rubbish is quite hard to find even with its good cast and plenty of reasons to be more accessible. Thankfully it's not, and if someone is hiding this mess from viewers is because this movie is THAT awful. Too bad I've found it (terrible image quality I must say). "The Road Killers" is a stupid idea designed from stupid minds who think only stupid people would watch it. The problem was that they cast interesting actors to make us hooked in it, so they end up grabbing well intentioned viewers who endure this tasteless junk. Stupid people will enjoy this big time, of course, they don't watch a movie with their brains turned on. Those will enjoy it. What's the movie's goal? To present good yet hot tempered folks who out of their stupidity decide to risk their lives for "honorable acts" like revenging the son who almost got hit by a car conducted by bunch of jerks. That's what Christopher McDonald father does when poor kid Joseph Gordon-Levitt miraculously escapes from being run over by Craig Sheffer and his crazy family formed by Adrienne Shelly, Josh Brolin and David Arquette, a sort of like Manson family of the roads. So, father goes on a pointless and dull chase against the idiots, dies in a horrible way (the turning point of the movie when you realize it's all downhill from here) and indirectly causes the kidnap of Christopher Lambert's family along with them. I won't bother going in telling you that Highlander will play the hero and try to save everybody while meeting other problems in the way such as stupid sheriff (Michael Greene) and another psycho. Oops I already did, sorry.There's no redeeming value, no entertainment value, no values at all. It's just an incoherent and violent driven flick with poor lines, bad editing, and clichéd moments. All the characters seem to have a severe case of bad memory where they repeat themselves time and time again. I won't blame much on the actors because they somehow manage to be enjoyable at times, they convince a little, but not enough to make you deeply connected. I didn't find myself thrilled by the action presented, I just felt completely terrorized into see how ridiculous this was. Best case scenario: well, it's useful to show how good folks can turn into the most idiotic when they act by impulse, trying to mess with people they don't know. That's the only worthy lesson from here, but I think you can find similar in better pictures out there.I hope that in the years to come someone from the cast apologize for being part of this. I hope they'll say: "It was a terrible movie, an even worst shooting, very problematic but I needed the money. It helped with my problems, it saved a family member from dying due to sickness. It paid all the hospital bills". Then, I might forgive just a little all the pain I went through while watching this. In the meantime, stay away from this wreck. 2/10
davideo-2 STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All CostsIt's a shame,'cos another collaboration between Christopher Lambert and director Deran Sarafian by the name of Gunmen was one I found to be very enjoyable.I've heard one or two people criticize Chris's acting ability.This is unjustified.He's okay,it's just,like all actors,he picks bad scripts sometimes.This being one of them.In fact,the majority (if not all) of the film's faults can be found in the script,because it's so badly written,not least because we find it so hard to offer any empathy to Christopher McDonald's duh-duh father character,who's such a caring dad he lets his son wonder out into the road unsupervised in the first place,never mind the 'bad guys' who,though kind of going a little too fast,were on an open road with not much traffic visibly in front of them.Just to stare at a bloody flower as well!You're gonna be seeing a lot more of them in your life kid,believe me.And what was with that girl bad guy,wondering around with an umbrella like she was in a Legal & General advert or something?One to disappear without a trace into the confines of DTV hell,me thinks.*
bentleymrk So I see the credits. "Chris Lambert & Michele Forbes, and the title sounds like Road Rage at the nth power. Hmm! How bad could it be?"Bad. No redeeming qualities whatsoever: A young boy watches his father die slowly and painfully. A teenage girl almost seduces a murderer in the men's room. People are killed by blows to the head, gunshot wounds, and decapitation via shotgun. And those are the high points. A dad kills his nemesis in clear view of his family and about 200 police officers -- and that's the happy ending.Clearly Lambert hasn't quite mastered English yet; if he had understood the script he would have RAN from this film...