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Summary: Hidden gemS rarley seen at the movie
Review: Amazing cast Lou Diamond Phillips ... Jack An FBI agent with a secret to hide. Let me just say the whole cast is amazing and they just all gelled together on screen.
The story FBI agents trying to deliver an government informent through the dessert, they encounter some very ghostly obsticles along the way.This is a very unpredictable movie with a pretty solid story and an amazing cast "Hollywood take note this is what an action/horror movie should be."
I was on the edge of my seat through the whole 90 minutes rooting for the good guys and cheering when the bad guys got what they deserved. So I'd say run out and get this one you won't be disappointed ,once you have it sit back and enjoy and hold on for the ride like no other
other cast members
Lori Petty....Steph(Lou's partner very believable)
Steven Williams ... Rabbit(brings comedy to the table in this one)
Dale Midkiff ... PT
Alex McArthur ... Nick
Mercedes Colon ... Mary
L.Q. Jones ... Sheriff Conaway
Rob Roy Fitzgerald ... Joe
Adam Vernier ... Deputy Gil Conaway
Gary Farmer ... Shaman
Dick Miller ... Bartender
Chester E. Tripp III ... Deputy Hammy
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Summary: Lou Diamond Phillips Shows His Versatility As An Actor
Review: As a person who normally never views sci-fi and horror movies, I am a fervent Lou Diamond Phillips fan, which drew me to the movie in the first place. However,I found myself compelled to watch this due to the story itself. The eerie beauty of the desert, with an unusual "ghosy story" as its centerpiece, I found myself thinking and talking about it to others, for days after.
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Summary: Take a walk down this highway . . .
Review: Director William Wesley hasn't made a movie in years (after his excellent debut with the dark and atmospheric SCARECROWS), so I was interested to see how his new film fared. The story is easy. FBI agents Lou Diamond Phillips and Lori Petty are escorting escaped informant Steven Williams back to the witness stand so that he can testify against the mafia. The problem is that they have to get back home, and to do that, they have to drive through the notorious Route 666 of the title. This strip of road is the site of a long buried secret concerning four hardened convicts (who are part of a chaingang) who are killed in a bizarre accident in 1967. These four criminals now roam the highway as ghosts, only drawn out into the daylight by the passing motorists. The movie itself zips along at a fair pace. The lead threesome are very good: Lou Diamond Phillips and Lori Petty in full action mode with Steven Williams (so good as the serial killer hunter in the lacklustre JASON GOES TO HELL) playing it for laughs and keeping the audience on side. The movie itself benefits not only from strong leads, but also from a great supporting cast who give the movie a strong anchor. The soundtrack is excellent and extremely fitting for the look of the picture plus the atmospheric cinematography is great (the movie is always set in daylight, so when the ghouls show up you see them in full and yet this natural disadvantage of always showing your villain helps the look of the picture tremendously). Director Wesley shows he still has the knack at creating bangs for your buck on a low budget. The disc itself boasts a pretty decent transfer of the film, and benefits greatly from the widescreen format (even on DVD and my small 28'' TV screen, the movie still looks big and has an epic feel to it). It's a pity their are no actual extras to speak of (only a trailer) as a commentary track and documentary would have helped this package further. All in all, a nifty little horror movie that has great central performances and excellent direction. Its a shame it was dumped straight to tape, as the film may have had movie theatre legs. I look forward to Wesleys next movie, and hope someone out there brings his first movie SCARECROWS to DVD (with commentary, etc) - now that would be something to see . . .
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Summary: PRETTY DECENT 'B' MOVIE
Review: I first saw this direct-to-video release on the Sci-Fi channel and it was one of the better movies of its type and you have to admit that a haunted stretch of highway is a pretty different idea. B movie kind Lou Diamond Phillips plays Jack La Roca, a U.S. Marshall and former Navy SEAL assigned to pick up "Rabbit" (Steven Williams), a member of the witness protection program. He and his team of marshalls including Steph (Lori Petty) is supposed to take him from Arizona to California to testify in court.
They find themselves followed by the mob and decide to take a detour down a closed section of highway known as Route 666. But from there things take a turn for the worse. They find that this stretch of highway has been abandoned and closed because it's haunted by members of a prison chain gang who died on the highway years ago. The tension builds smoothly as the group of Marshals, outgunned by the mobsters takes refuge at an abandoned business in the desert and they become jumpy, fighting amongst themselves as their situation and the hauntings become worse.
Typically everyone overacts, espcially Petty and Dale Midkiff, playing another Marshal, and there's a ridiculous subplot where one of the chain gang ghosts was La Roca father which was really unnecessary to the plot. Still, there's a decent amount of creepiness to the movie, much more than you have a right to expect in such a cheapie flick. Steven Williams as Rabbit steals the show with some genuinely funny bits that would make Mantan Moreland proud.
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Summary: I liked it
Review: I really likes this movie very new and not like the rest. The ghosts are really cool and good story line.
bobb07
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Summary: I liked it
Review: I really likes this movie very new and not like the rest. The ghosts are really cool and good story line.
bobb07
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Summary: BORING REVEANGE GHOST MOVIE!
Review: i saw this movie on SCI-FI last night! this movie is supposedly a "zombie" flick! after watching the part were they come in i was like "wait .. wait oh wait they aren't zombies their ghosts!" even killing scenes were AWFUL i swear this movie looks like if it were a MADE FOR TV movie or something! the "killing" scenes are quite laughable considering ALL the horror movies i have seen! but this movie is more of a family drama about a son who finally gets to meet his dad after so long and they both save each other! this whole movie should have just been an 1 hour instead of 2! you could sum up the whole flim in 1 hour cause is all their doing is driving in the dessert and encountering revenageful ghosts and only 3 of them surive! skip this movie and go for "return of the living dead"!
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Summary: Route 66stinks
Review: I was hoping that this would be a campy, scary ride. I was sorely disappointed. It's nonsensical and stupid. Lou Diamond Phillips and Lori Petty as crack FBI agents (!?!) pull Steven Williams out an assassination attempt and decide to flee across the closed highway of the title to get him to LA to testify against some random mobsters. Why they do this pretty much defies logic; I mean, the state doesn't just decide to close highways for no reason, people. Does it ever occur to them that the road might be, oh, say washed out? Impassible? Nope. They mention that the road is dangerous (well since it's supposed to be a highway, but it's about as wide as you average suburban driveway, I bet it is pretty dangerous. Unless it was meant for interstate moped travel), knock down the barriers and barrel on down the road. Leaving those barriers conveniently down for the assassins to follow. Hey, why not just paint a sign- "They went that'a'way!" Of course, on the road, the tires on their cars melt, so they'll have to hoof it. To Los Angeles. In the desert. All the better so that they can be attacked by the blood-thirsty (and hopelessly comical looking) zombies that haunt the road. You see, route 666 is haunted by the death of four of the chain-gang who constructed it, who died a mysterious death. Well, it will be mysterious to anyone who had never seen a movie before, or read a book. Or been out of the house. In any case, the road needs blood to survive, and we are told "somebody always bleeds" Must be a lot of skinned knees on the moped expressway. So, we are treated to a lot of extras being pounded into the pavement (in what can only be called Jerk-O-Vision) while the Karo syrup flies. Do I need to tell you that there's a corrupt sheriff involved? That one of the zombies is related to one of our heroes? That Lori Petty is about as believable as a crack FBI agent as, well as Lou Diamond Phillips is? All of this is wrapped up about 90 minutes later with a big confrontation involving an imaginary steamroller, some fake blood, and The Redemptive Power of Love™. Pass this one.
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Summary: Wesley's sophomore slump is strictly midde of the road.
Review: It's been something like 14 years since William Wesley made an impressive debut with the atmospheric and creepy horror film Scarecrows (DVD please!). In waiting so long to make a follow up did the writer/dirctor hope to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump? Well, if that was his intention, the man failed, utterly. Route 666 is pretty much a disappointment for anyone expecting a tight and fun thrill ride. Federal Agents Lou Diamond Phillips and Lori Petty capture escaped witness Steven Williams. Just before their back-up arrives a posse of hitman show up and start firing. Here Wesley shows his big artistic contribution to the film, he wiggles the camera up and down and back forth in an irritating manner so the viewer can't see how lackluster the action is. The trio escapes, a sole surviving hitman in pursuit, and, in a bad decision, the group decides to take a short cut along Route 666, a condemned/deserted highway that was closed down due to a chaingang accident that, in a contrivance that gets the eyes rolling, happens to be linked to Phillips character's family history. It is not too long before the chaingang's ghost zombies (the movie can't decided which they are so they are both) show up and begin pounding victims into the pavement. The road needs blood, you see. On the plus side the movie does feature a great b-movie cast (legendary character actors Dick Miller and L.Q. Jones get to join in on the fun) and the movie is polished and professional looking. Steven Williams shows some comic relief skills (and gets a great in-joke for his stint as Mr. X on The X-Files). On the downside the script is atrocious (the graveside exposition is a low point worth mentioning) and the characters behavior largely decided by the action instead of vice versa (why do the bad guys show up and begin shooting people needlessly when they have no reason and nothing whatsoever to gain by doing so? Because they are BAD guys and that is what BAD guys do!) and WHY is L.Q. Jones wearing sunglasses indoors while reading a book? Did he get his pupils dilated during the shoot or something? Final thought? Route 666 is a disappointment, granted an entertaining one, but, considering what this director is capable of, one not worth more than the price of a rental.
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Summary: THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THIS - 3RD TIME AROUND!
Review: Just as entertaining as the 2nd time - still great when "pop" comes across to save his son.
Enjoyed the humor - and the acted characters.
Bought it because of Lou Diamond Philips as I enjoy his acting.
Will watch again [in time] - must be enjoyed for what it is and not for what you expect.
Some gross blood letting but in keeping with the story.
Just a little harry-scarry but beautiful color scenery [if you like the desert]
Definitely recommend for easy enjoyment -- not for children.
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