Freeway 2 - Highway to Hell

Freeway and Freeway 2 are my all-time favorite movies!! I'll admit Freeway was more mainstream with very little sex and violence, and Reese Witherspoon is stunning and superb as Vanessa, but Freeway 2 breaks ALL the rules!! I've watched it several times and have it on VHS. This movie's got it all: girls in prison, bad girls gone badder,lesbianism, miscegeny, menstruation, childhood sexual abuse, bulimia, female serial killers, necrophilia, incest, hypocrisy in religion, radical feminism, chicks who pose as hookers to beat up and rob male tricks, manifestations of sexism and racism (in a very satirical way). The best part is that these things are all represented in an in-your-face matter-of-fact way. Its no sappy, emo-drama, Lifetime "channel for women" type of deal. This movie ROCKS! O, and there is some male frontal nudity at the end. I wonder, is that REALLY Vincent Gallo in that scene or just a prop??

Sometimes insomnia is a good thing. Late night cable holds all kinds of jewels just use the TV Guide as a map, and look for this one. It is a dark film that appeals admittedly to a small crowd. This is a case where the small crowd is right. I love the strange feeling the film seems to have. At times hard to watch and at others you will wish you could see just at little more. And maybe they should have gone on a little; the ending lacks the overall feel of the rest of the film. And to be honest it almost ruined it. But two days later when I was still thinking about it, I knew I had to see it one more time. It does have something for everyone but is not for everyone that's kinda strange but then it is a strange movie.

I remember owning this movie on VHS back in the day, but oddly enough I couldn't recall the contents of the storyline. So as I stumbled upon an opportunity to watch "Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby" here in 2022, of course I opted to sit down and revisit the movie.

Writer and director Matthew Bright actually managed to piece together a rather unique and somewhat far out there type of movie here. But it worked well in favor of the movie, because all the absurdity, the strange characters, the weird events, and everything just seemed to click together all nicely and compiled an oddly enjoyable movie.

The storyline in "Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby" is strange, no doubt about it, especially because the characters are odd individuals carrying heavy baggage of damaged pasts with them, and while it does come off as being a bit too far out there at first, stick with it, because the storyline picks up and starts to make more and more sense as the movie progress.

I found "Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby" to be an interesting movie as it wasn't your typical mainstream movie.

The acting performances in the movie were good, and while I think I was only familiar with David Alan Grier here, then I will say that they had put together a good cast ensemble. I liked the performance of Natasha Lyonne (playing White Girl) and Maria Celedonia (playing Cyclona) in particular.

If you enjoy movies that are somewhat offbeat, then you definitely should give "Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby" a chance. I was genuinely entertained by revisiting this movie from writer and director Matthew Bright.

My rating of "Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby" lands on a six out of ten stars.

'Freeway II' is just slightly disappointing compared to the original 'Freeway', but once again shows that writer/director Matthew Bright has ideas and attitude to spare. The first movie retold Little Red Riding Hood, this one takes on Hansel and Gretel. Natasha Lyonne is no Reese Witherspoon, but her spunky role here as White Girl, and her memorable turn in the forgotten gem 'Slums Of Beverly Hills' proves that she is more talented than lame-brained crud like the 'American Pie' series and 'Detroit Rock City'. Maria Celedonio had up until this point passed me by apart from a small role in Schrader's 'Touch', but she is sensational here as the psychotic necrophile Cyclona. Vincent Gallo ('Buffalo 66', 'The Funeral', 'Palookaville') has never been less than mesmerizing on screen, even in his dialogue-less blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameos in 'Goodfellas' and 'Basquiat', but portraying the utterly freaky Sister Gomez is one of his most bizarre moves to date! Gallo seems set on carrying on the scene stealing nut job reputation of the late legendary Timothy Carey. More power to him! Gallo even brings along his 'Truth Or Consequences NM' co-star Max Perlich ('Drugstore Cowboy', 'Georgia', 'Gummo') as Flacco, a mumbling hunchback. Perlich doesn't completely surpass his similarly gonzo bit part in Johnny Depp's 'The Brave', but it's great to see him try! 'Freeway II' will appeal to fans of Gregg Araki, John Waters and Bruce McDonald more than Michael Bay lovers that's for sure! A must see for trash cinema lovers.

This movie was soo twisted I couldn't help myself...I couldn't stop watching...I hate the friggin title since it has NOTHING to do with the movie, but I've never seen anything like it...I loved the Hanzel and Gretel twist...Natasha Lyonne has become one of my fav actresses...A must see!!!...I cannot believe I completely lived my life for three years without knowing this movie even existed...