Highwaymen
for violence, some gore and brief language.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Crime Action Suspense-Thriller |
| Length: | 1 hr. 18 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2004 |
| USA Release: |
| Featuring |
James Caviezel Rhona Mitra Frankie Faison Gordon Currie Colm Feore |
| Director | Robert Harmon — “Wes Craven Presents: They” |
| Producer | Brad Jenkel, Avi Lerner, Mitchell Marcus, Lynn Harris, Bradley Jenkel, Carroll Kemp, Mike Marcus |
| Distributor |
 New Line Cinema, division of Warner Bros. Pictures |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Revenge hits the road—Since the hit-and-run murder of his wife five years ago, Rennie Cray (Jim Caveziel) has crisscrossed America in his souped-up, stripped-down ’78 Plymouth Barracuda, pursuing her killer. The man he seeks in a high-speed, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse is James Fargo (Colm Feore), a merciless, wheelchair-bound pyschopath. Through a series of mechanical innovations, Fargo has turned his rampaging ’72 Cadillac Eldorado into a monstrous extension of his own twisted body and mind.
Now, their deadly battle of wits and wills is about to move into overdrive. And caught in their headlights is a tormented beauty (Rhona Mitra) who unwittingly holds the key to their ultimate showdown.”
As an action movie “Highwaymen” is not all that bad, the camera work and directing has improved since “They,” the acting is good, and so are the stunts. The blood and gore is not extreme for an “R” film but nevertheless is still heavy. The language in “Highwaymen” could be put in any PG-13 film: several “S” words and 1 “F” may still offend a lot of parents. Overall, I enjoyed this movie, and think it could make a good Saturday-night renter.
My Ratings: [Average/3]