Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueEvery day, millions of people descend into underground parking garages, get into their cars and drive to the safety of their homes. But tonight, five levels down in a deserted corporate park... Tout lireEvery day, millions of people descend into underground parking garages, get into their cars and drive to the safety of their homes. But tonight, five levels down in a deserted corporate parking structure, financial analyst Tom Weaver won't be going home. After finishing a late ni... Tout lireEvery day, millions of people descend into underground parking garages, get into their cars and drive to the safety of their homes. But tonight, five levels down in a deserted corporate parking structure, financial analyst Tom Weaver won't be going home. After finishing a late night business deal, Tom arrives at section E5 of the garage only to discover his car won't ... Tout lire
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I really don't like the guy. At first, I'm willing to give him some slack because he's obviously under some pressure. There are still some limits. I don't care if this guy gets run over. It might actually be fun to see him get splattered. The truck is nice. The actors are not charismatic enough unless they're trying to be grade A douche bags. This movie needs a better lead in a character with more rooting interest.
To disregard the fact that we have already seen quite many films with similar plot (e.g. "Duel", "Joyride", etc.), this film is failing to deliver what it's prototypes have accomplished. Badly written dialogues and average acting spoil the whole suspense which the film makers are trying to achieve simply by doing the scenes with a truck trying to kill the protagonist. On the other hand, the motives of the villain are quite illogical because while in some scenes he/she is badly trying to kill the hero but fails to dot that due to quickness of the latter, in other scenes he/she has a perfect opportunity to succeed in killing but lets the man go. This cat and mouse game takes place throughout the whole movie and at times it's hard to understand true desire of the villain - whether he/she is trying to kill the man or is just flirting with him.
The flashback scenes where we see the relationship of the protagonist with his wife, his boss (Adrian Pole) and his lover (Michele Beisner) are not quite satisfying either. These scenes vaguely concern the main storyline and some of the characters turn out to be irrelevant to the plot. Subplot concerning the adulteries taking place in protagonist's life turns out to be quite meaningless as well, with respect to rest of the film plot.
Good thing about the film is that it is pretty hard to spot the villain. I was unable to guess who was in the truck and was quite surprised when I finally got to know that. So, if you want to know who is behind that truck wheel and what is going on in his/her head, just watch this average thriller. After all, it's worth watching once if you have nothing else to watch.
The likeness is near spot-on, and makes this film fun and campy.
While nothing can top Duel for its sheer visceral horror, this movie gets to play in the same sandbox for a little while, like a little kid dreaming of someday being just like them.
The acting was pretty good actually. There are some choppy moments in the movie when the main hero has flashbacks, and one especially takes a long time when he is at some office party. These scenes were very poorly done and unnecessarily interrupted the tension of the main plot of a man stalked in an underground parking garage by a menacing black truck.
Ludicrous plot, appalling acting (the bit at the end where the old "madman" starts crying is hilarious"), silly action scenes; this film offers nothing apart from hilarity.
Awful.
By the way, the only reason I have given it 2 out of 10 is because I managed to sit through the whole film.
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- AnecdotesWhen Tom Weaver (Grayson McCrouch) is stood by his car checking papers in his briefcase, an older-looking red Valiant car drives slowly by, with the driver staring at him. The valiant & driver's costume strongly suggest it's David Mann (Dennis Weaver) the lead character from Steven Spielberg's 1971 film Duel, in which Mann is pursued by a mysterious big rig truck whose unseen driver is determined to murder him. The use of "Weaver" as Tom's surname in this movie is a similar homage to the original Spielberg concept.
- ConnexionsReferences Duel (1971)