Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Release Date: 12/01/1998
SubTitles: Espanol/English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
In this suspense thriller, a man discovers the unexpected danger of trusting a good Samaritan. Jeff Taylor (
Kurt Russell) and his wife Amy (
Kathleen Quinlan) are driving through the New Mexico desert en route to California when an incident with a lunatic driver causes their jeep to break down in the middle of nowhere. Jeff is trying to fix the vehicle when an apparently friendly truck driver, Red Barr (
J.T. Walsh), stops by to offer help. Red tells the couple that there's a diner a few miles down the road where they can call for help; Jeff decides to stay with the car while Amy hops a ride with Red to see if she can find a mechanic to help them. After a long wait, Jeff is able to get the jeep running again, and he discovers that the diner is indeed a few miles down the road. But everyone there claims they've seen no sign of Amy, and Red claims to know nothing about picking her up. When Jeff attempts to file a missing person's report, he discovers mysterious disappearances are disturbingly common in this stretch of the desert; he soon realizes that someone has kidnapped his wife, but he's not sure who, or for what purpose.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
