This unbelievably stupid thriller is filled with the most ridiculously awful dialog and a plotline that defies reality. Savina Gersak is a completely dreary damsel in distress, running away from cop husband Michael Dudikoff and picking up hitchhiker Mark Hamill along the way. She's unaware that the sweet faced Hamill is a psycho, having escaped from a mental institution, that is until he shows her the fake eye of the motel clerk he just killed. From one crazy cop to a complete looney, and she didn't have the sense to put the radio on where certainly news of his escape and description would be announced.
The only reason I even bothered with this film is the presence of Robert Mitchum in an extended cameo as Hamill's psychiatrist at the very end of the film, perhaps a nod to all the crazies that Mitchum had played. It wasn't even worth the wear and tear on my video equipment, although thanks to chapter search, it was easy to get to his segment which pops up at the end. This is the epitome of a modern trashy B movie, coming from Cannon, which along with Vestron and other long gone 80's movie companies was the equivalent of Monogram and PRC from the 1940's. It's hard to like any of these characters, especially the not so bright character played by Gersak who drives down a road under construction after being told it was closed.
The only reason I even bothered with this film is the presence of Robert Mitchum in an extended cameo as Hamill's psychiatrist at the very end of the film, perhaps a nod to all the crazies that Mitchum had played. It wasn't even worth the wear and tear on my video equipment, although thanks to chapter search, it was easy to get to his segment which pops up at the end. This is the epitome of a modern trashy B movie, coming from Cannon, which along with Vestron and other long gone 80's movie companies was the equivalent of Monogram and PRC from the 1940's. It's hard to like any of these characters, especially the not so bright character played by Gersak who drives down a road under construction after being told it was closed.