Highwaymen [Blu-ray]

Director: Robert Harmon Robert Harmon

Overview

Following up the 2002 horror flick Wes Craven Presents: They, director Robert Harmon took on this cat-and-mouse thriller written by Craig Mitchell and Hans Bauer, the writing team behind 1999's Komodo. Jim Caviezel stars as Rennie, a man who suddenly finds his life destroyed by tragedy when his wife is murdered by a mysterious serial killer (Colm Feore). The culprit, it seems, is a psychopath with a penchant for hunting down and killing random women, using his green 1972 Cadillac El Dorado as his weapon. With revenge on his mind, Rennie sets out on the road in search of the elusive car and its homicidal driver. Along the way, Rennie meets a singer named Molly (Rhona Mitra) who suddenly finds herself embroiled in his unending quest for retribution. Frankie Faison also stars.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/30/2023
UPC:	0826663235906
Original Release:	2004
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Language:	English
Time:	1:20:00
Sales rank:	13,397

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

James Caviezel	Rennie,Actor
Colm Feore	Fargo
Rhona Mitra	Molly
Frankie Faison	Macklin
Gordon Currie	Ray
Paul Mota	State Trooper Longo
Michael Stevens	Group Therapy Member
Noam Jenkins	Actor
Toby Proctor	Actor
James Kee	Actor
Guylaine St-Onge	Actor
Joe Pingue	Long Hair Mechanic
Martin Roach	Detective
Ron Bell	Semi Driver
Paul Rutledge	Pickup Driver
Bryan Renfro	SUV Driver
Andrea Roth	Alex
Mark Isham	Composer

Technical Credits

Craig Mitchell

Hans Bauer

Robert Harmon	Director
Craig Mitchell	Screenwriter
Hans Bauer	Screenwriter
Bradley Jenkel	Producer,Producer
Caroll Kemp	Producer,Producer
Mike Marcus	Producer
David Brewington	Producer,Executive Producer
Toby Emmerich	Producer,Executive Producer
Tim Van Rellim	Executive Producer
Lynn Harris	Executive Producer
Trevor Short	Executive Producer
Avi Lerner	Producer
Brittney Banks	Stunts
Ryan Murphy	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Existing on a sandy desert plane somewhere between The Hitcher and Breakdown, director Robert Harmon's on-the-road revenge flick isn't quite the steaming dog pile suggested by its extremely limited release (the film was initially relegated to a mere handful of Southwestern movie theaters), and even if some viewers may feel like they have been down this road before, Highwaymen does manage to offer a few memorable suspense sequences despite frequent lapses into clichéd territory. From the determined widower who won't stop until his wife's murder is avenged to the initially-hesitant-but-quickly-convinced psycho fodder with whom he eventually teams to take down the killer (and who just so happens to bear a more than passing resemblance to his beloved, deceased wife), Highwaymen almost seems to wear its rigid adherence to convention as a badge of honor -- a fact that makes the film go down something like the greasy fast-food hamburger we've eaten a million times before but still can't quite resist when pulling up to the drive-through window. Anyone familiar with the basic revenge formula will likely have this road trip mapped out right around the 15-minute mark, though given a relatively brief running time of 81 minutes, the journey is almost as brief as it is benign. If it never quite reaches the delirious, demented heights of Harmon's aforementioned C. Thomas Howell/Rutger Hauer nail-biter (or even director John Dahl's more recent Joyride for that matter), Highwaymen at least makes up for it's unavoidable shortcomings by rapidly accelerating from the starting line and never downshifting or glancing in the rear-view mirror.

All Movie Guide - Jason Buchanan