It could happen to you.
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.
- 6.9
- 1997
- Released
- 1h 33m
Kurt Russell
Jeff Taylor
J. T. Walsh
Warren 'Red' Barr
Kathleen Quinlan
Amy Taylor
M.C. Gainey
Earl
Jack Noseworthy
Billy
Rex Linn
Sheriff Boyd
Ritch Brinkley
Al
Moira Sinise
Arleen Barr
Kim Robillard
Deputy Len Carver
Thomas Kopache
Calhoun
Jack McGee
Bartender
Vincent Berry
Deke Barr
Helen Duffy
FloAncel Cook
BarflySteve Waddington
Cowboy In BankRick Sanders
Truck Stop TruckerAlitzah
Spanish Girl (uncredited)
Rick Zieff
Producer (uncredited)
Released
en
$36,000,000.00
$50,159,144.00
- #california
- #chase
- #ransom
- #kidnapping
- #bank
- #paranoia
- #new mexico
- #highway
- #barn
- #diner
- #vacation
- #deception
- #road trip
- #donut
- #murder
- #stranded
- #redneck
- #extortion
- #captive
- #desert
- #truck driver
- #woman in jeopardy
- #abduction
Reviews
Simple but really solid suspense-thriller with some good sequences especially the finale with great car stunts. Not much to the performances or characters, but Kurt Russell was, as usual, good in the lead and J.T. Walsh sinister as the primary villain. **3.75/5**
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