Lost - Sem Saída

all in all it was a pretty good flick,but a few questions need to be addressed;first off he was driving a brand new something perhaps a BMW i dunno couldn't really tell, but he did run low on fuel and had to stop and fill up,but later when he was driving the 1980,81 ford f-150 p.u. gas was no longer an issue.(i drove one of those gas hogs for years),and his ran pretty damn good for $500; 2.if archer was such a good Apache tracker why couldn't he see the rush cover-up job that Stanton did with his tire tracks in the sand when he hid behind the billboard? i mean the apache man did see a cigarette butt on the highway while doing 70!; 3. how in the hell did archer figure out he was using g.p.s. and Judy at that? but in the end i thought she was working with the feds and was leading him into a trap for a reward.

Slick and smarmy Jeremy Stanton (Dean Cain) is lost in the Mojave desert, surrounded by foreign wilderness and clueless as to where he is. Things are made steadily worse when the mysterious Archer (Danny Trejo) starts hunting Jeremy down. What does Archer want, and why is he chasing Jeremy?

A very solid, mysterious and engaging thriller from first-time director Darren Lemke. Direction is dead-on and the audience is consistently interested in Jeremy Stanton's plight. Writing is exceptional and photography is the same.

Lost almost being a one-man show, Dean Cain leads the film with ease. We slowly like him as he grows more and more desperate to survive. Trejo only appears fully at the end, but his presence is felt. The rest of the cast is just as good.

A solid indie thriller that I really recommend.

Although Dean Cain was not among the candidates for the lead, he is the perfect lead for the role! His performance is multi-layered and intense.

The villain, played by a favorite villain actor, is well written and well acted. The premise of the movie does keep you guessing, and the surprise ending is, well, a surprise.

Refreshing, considering the studio product these days. No market research garbage here! (Sorry, suits!)

The director takes some chances that really pay off, and for an indie, it comes across very well done and satisfying!

The movie is, overall, quite well made for a first-time director. See it if you can!

While traveling from Green Lawn, California, to meet his wife and son in Red Ridge, Nevada, the driver Jeremy Stanton (Dean Cain) gets lost in a secondary road through the desert following an old edition of the Road-Aid Travel Guide maps. He calls the Road-Aid operator Judy (Ashley Scott), who tries to give directions to her client. Meanwhile, the police is chasing the criminals that have committed a bank heist in California. When Jeremy's Mercedes Benz runs out gas, he finds an isolated gas station in the middle of nowhere that operates with cash-only. When Jeremy opens the truck of his car, he opens a bag full of money, disclosing the reason of his road-trip.

"Lost" is probably the lowest-budget movie I have ever seen. The story hooks the attention of the viewer until the very last scene, is flawed and predictable. First, it is annoying to see Jeremy Stanton wearing necktie in a totally stressed situation through the heat of the desert. How can a man feel relaxed wearing necklace? Second it was quite obvious how Archer was tracking him. Last but not the least, why exchange his brand-new car for an old truck in a desert road without any other vehicle? My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Lost – Sem Saída" ("Lost – Without Exit")

"Lost" is the perfect title for this movie. "Junk" would have been a good title. "Stinko" comes to mind also. I rented this movie, not knowing what to expect, because I didn't remember ever seeing it advertised. I had always enjoyed Dean Cain as Superman, so it can't be too bad, right? The entire film has you wondering if this is a sci-fi flick or what. I still don't know if it was a scifi film. It's full of flashbacks, but you will never have a clue as to what's being flashed back to. If you enjoy watching a guy drive around in circles in the desert, doing everything you probably shouldn't do in the desert, you may like this movie.