Road trip to hell
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Road trip to hell |
| Original title | Blacktop |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | TJ Scott |
| script |
Kevin Lund , TJ Scott |
| production | Kevin Lund, TJ Scott |
| music | Ennio Di Berardo |
| camera | Attila Szalay |
| cut | Bert Kish |
| occupation | |
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Road Trip to Hell (Original title: Blacktop ) is a Canadian thriller from 2000. The leading roles in the Canadian action drama played Meat Loaf , Kristin Davis and Lochlyn Munro .
action
Sylvia travels the country with her comedian boyfriend David . They argue in a trucker bar because she wants to give up the unsteady life and start a family, which he is not ready for. The trucker Jack offers Sylvia that he could take her to the nearest town. She goes with him. David is concerned for his girlfriend's safety and follows her in his car. You come to an increasingly deserted area.
Jack plays an evil game with the two of them and kills some bystanders. There's also a corpse in his black truck of frozen meat. Jack ties Sylvia and tells her about his difficult childhood when relationships did not last. His father cheated on his mother, whereupon he killed him. The mother committed suicide and left Jack in the lurch, who wanted to protect her with his deed. Sylvia stabbed Jack in the shoulder with a knife, and he cut off her finger. David tries in vain to stop the truck with ignited fuel on the road. Sylvia, trapped in the trailer, cuts the brake cable. The vehicle breaks through the guardrail and comes to a standstill with the driver's cab protruding over a slope. David removes the cab from the trailer and Jack falls into the depths. Sylvia is saved. The terrible experiences welded the couple together. Her boyfriend wants to start a family with her.
background
The thriller was shot in British Columbia on a budget of $ 3.5 million.
The English word "blacktop" means asphalt .
Reviews
"One of the most scary movies about truckers ever made," says Rotten Tomatoes . The TV magazine Prisma wrote: "Gripping psychological thriller." The conclusion of TV Spielfilm , however, was negative: "Stupid idea ... stolen at Breakdown ."
Web links
- Road trip to hell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Road trip to hell at Rotten Tomatoes (English)