Universal
2016 Color
86 Mins.
Horror/Thriller
Julianne Hough, Teddy Sears and Penelope Mitchell star.
Written by Kimberly Lofstrom Johnson
Directed by Iain Softley
Rated R for language, violence, gore and nudity.
Why Universal decided to bury this fun little thriller is beyond me. Starring Julianne Hough in the strongest performance of her career. She plays a young woman named Mallory whose driving her fiancées truck to Denver to meet him and get married. Along the way she has some car trouble and is helped out by a sexy stranger. Soon after she picks him up and his flirty attitude quickly changes into something more sinister. In a moment of panic she unhooks his seatbelt and drives the truck off a cliff. when she awakes she discovers her leg is pinned in between the door and her seat by a large wooden branch and the psycho has been thrown from the car, what ensues is a cat and mouse game of psychological terror as he taunts her and a battle to survive the elements from desert rats to starvation and flash flooding. I won't say anymore but it culminates to a satisfying finale. Hough is so raw here and really brings her character's desperation life. sears is so sexy and effective as the villain. the direction by iain Softley of the skeleton key makes the proceedings feel fresh and edge of your seat and with a little fine tuning in spots it could have easily been released theatrically. Here is another in a long line of recent examples of films unfairly denied theatrical release when so much garbage populates cinemas nationwide. ***.5/5
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