Review by hlahorner

Watched this one on a whim after learning it was Spielberg's first movie. It is really good, and I dare say better than many of current movies of the same genre. Dennis Weaver does an excellent job as the main character, David Mann. Other than short interactions with various people along the road, who don't comprehend the peril, it's all on him to convey the rising panic of an ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances. It would have been easy to overact but he is very believable. The truck is extremely menacing. You never see the drivers face, so it takes on a life of its own and feels like a living predator; determined, unrelenting, deadly. I'm glad I discovered this excellent psychological thriller.