AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

videorama-759-859391 Don't measure this film up against The Hitcher. You'll be disappointed. The film ain't no Hitcher, yes it's story is intriguing, and certainly is something of different material. Basically it's a man (Caiaziel) uses woman (Mitra) to snare a serial killer "hasn't got a life mother fu..er" of ordinary (Meon,) and kill him in avengement for running down his wife. As consequence for chasing him down, making him a cripple, with prosphetics, Caviziel ending up serving some time, for his troubles. Now out, living a life of empty, he meets sexy Mitra at a councelling meeting, who's Sister was another victim of this freak, where rear impacts are never been more deadly. Highwaymen I must say, rides cool on the fact, it has minimal scenes and plot points, to carry out as a movie. In the almost empty cinema I saw it in, and it as the smallest out of the five, I heard one guy comment, "Well that was short". It was "Ashamedly short", and this disappointment was the film's heavy flaw. If comparing this to The Hitcher, whatever, the film is low on ingredients, in a "not adding up to much, or short sheeted film", where asides it was bloody entertaining and cool. You can't argue that it wasn't different, but could of been much better, primarily on what I've just said, if drawn out with many more structural points. Colin Meon is a nasty piece of psychopathic and scarring work, where he still kills people via his car, tailor made for getting in and out of. This film while being great for rev and petrol heads whatever has too light a load, with a final frame, of merciless and vigilante justice at the sound of a shotgun blast, cliché'd.

markymarky First off, I am a great fan of The Hitcher (Director Robert Harmon's best film in my view) and Jim Caviezel (superb actor). So you would think Highwaymen was made especially for me. I saw the trailer a while back and it looked right down my street. However - it was quite hard to get here in Ireland but eventually I picked it up in GameStop for 8 Euro - good value. Or so I thought.The start was great - straight in, no messing around. Caviezel's wife is killed by a hit and run in a thrilling opening scene. The fact that not one word is uttered for the first 8 minutes of screen time but yet the effect on the audience is not diminished is testament to the director's handling. In fact 15 minutes go by before Caviezel says his first words - not bad work for a 77 minute film.However, things go downhill from the beginning.The tunnel crash seemed a little lethargic and contrived for me. Full marks to what seems like a non-CGI aided stunt but the action was a little stunted (excuse the pun) and looked like slow motion. then we start getting into the realms on unbelievability. 1. Macklin has to show ID as a cop to get through a cordon of cops outside the tunnel. Who is already inside? Wandering around untroubled? Caviezel. How did he get in?2. Caviezel then proceeds to look at the crash scene and pick up vital evidence from the road while a hundred cops / medics / firemen etc. swarm the area. And not only that but Macklin spots him and then lets him away with it.3. Then Macklin sees Rhona Mitra's character huddled 8 feet off the ground. What? None of the other 100 cops/medics/firemen etc. saw her sitting in plain view up there? Come on?4. Mitra is then in a hospital bed and guess who is standing beside her? Yep - Caviezel. Again, this guy seems to be able to pop up anywhere he likes without been stopped by anyone.I could go on like this through the whole film to be honest but it would become tiresome in this review....as it was while watching. Plot wasn't one of the strong points in this film as things just happen for the sake of moving the story along - there is no explanation or even reason for these things. Tasting oil, pressure guaging a radiator, Caviezel appearing at a counseling session out of the blue, finding the killer's stopover garage in the middle of nowhere etc. etc.Some of the camera work is good - helicopter scene following the car through a mountainous river scene is sumptuous in the extreme - beautiful. But some of it is downright bad - interior shots in the same scene by mountains are simply lazy. Some stunts are good and inventive - chain pulling the car upside down - but a lot lack real tension (tunnel, ending). The music was good and creepy. In the end - a poor storyline really let's the whole project down. The DVD's scene navigation was great and far superior to some of the main film's work - which is never a good sign.5/10.

jjwsk I love the twisted irony that plays out so fast and unexpectedly near the end of the film. Fargo, the psychopath, who has purchased the motel (with his insurance claim) at which he killed Jim's wife, uses Molly to set up a reenactment of that crime committed some five years ago. But through a fast-paced series of unlikely events, (including Molly overcoming a formerly debilitating fear of driving a car) Fargo ends up getting crushed between the front of Jim's Barracuda and the smashed, driver side of the car in which Fargo suffered his previous debilitating accident. That wrecked car, which was just one piece of the stage that Fargo had so painstakingly assembled (complete with dress and necklace) as the perfect setting for taking final revenge upon his high-speed rival became ultimately the instrument of his death. Great stuff! It reminds me of Poe.

ccthemovieman-1 If you are familiar with "The Hitcher," with Rutger Hauer, and liked it, you might like this one. The main difference in the two movies is that in here, the killer never leaves his car. It's not as intense or well-made as the former, but Highwaymen is decent enough for one look. It's very short so you aren't going to be wasting the whole day, anyway.The story in a nutshell: a serial killer runs down a young woman in his car at random and is not caught for years until Jim Caviezel, whose wife also was a victim of the killer, figures out it's the same guy, and tracks him down for a showdown of his own.The film starts out well, and is very intense, but loses momentum in the second half. Boredom isn't the problem, it's the credibility of the story. There are just too many holes in the plot and nothing becomes credible. It's no wonder this movie never got much publicity: it has too much of a "B" feel to it, despite Caviezel's presence.However, it is entertaining and the actual running time of the story is a mere 76 minutes, so if you're looking for an hour-and-a-quarter of escapism, this is it.