I love movies about being chased on the road by a crazed psycho in the middle of the desert with nowhere to go for help, but this movie just didn't deliver it for me.
It did build some kind of suspense in the beginning when I wondered just what the hell was going on, but then when things are finally revealed I was left scratching my head because it made no sense to me whatsoever.
******SPOILERS COMING!!!!!!!*******
Ok....since the beginning of time everyone has died. Everyone reading this review will one day die as well as myself too. To portray death as this sinister, evil looking "ferryman" with fangs who slashes people across the chest with pointy fingernails to take them to the other side is absurd. I've obviously never died before, but I highly doubt that death will come in the form of someone/something so sinister and evil.
For this film to portray death as like that is ridiculous because it assumes that when all of our lives are over, we're going to be met with this angry, evil creature who wants to harm us lol. No, I don't think so. Like I said, I have never died (obviously), but inherently, I just do not feel this and thought it was absurd of the filmmakers to imply death this way.
Had the film specifically stated that this was in fact the Devil who was fighting for their souls, I would have given it more stars, but to basically imply that death for all of us is going to be greeted with a sinister evil man with fangs and pointy fingernails who wants to hurt us is not a very good message to send. I can't speak for anyone else, but my personal view of death is the exact opposite of what this film implies.
Had they just said he was the Devil wanting their souls and the waitress and busboy in the diner were angels who were trying to fight the Devil and help the couple, it would have been so much better and more suspenseful for me.
That would have really elevated this film up a lot imo. I'm giving it 2 stars only for the beautiful visuals of the desert that the film was produced in (it really was breathtaking to look at)...and I thought the woman who played the waitress was pretty good and while watching the movie I was wishing that she were the lead character instead because I felt she was much more interesting than the lead actress and I liked her a lot more.
I can't recommend this film because even without the absurdity of implying that Death is some evil and sinister being waiting to devour us all, it's just a really boring and foolish movie. I'm rating it 2 stars (and that's being very generous).
It did build some kind of suspense in the beginning when I wondered just what the hell was going on, but then when things are finally revealed I was left scratching my head because it made no sense to me whatsoever.
******SPOILERS COMING!!!!!!!*******
Ok....since the beginning of time everyone has died. Everyone reading this review will one day die as well as myself too. To portray death as this sinister, evil looking "ferryman" with fangs who slashes people across the chest with pointy fingernails to take them to the other side is absurd. I've obviously never died before, but I highly doubt that death will come in the form of someone/something so sinister and evil.
For this film to portray death as like that is ridiculous because it assumes that when all of our lives are over, we're going to be met with this angry, evil creature who wants to harm us lol. No, I don't think so. Like I said, I have never died (obviously), but inherently, I just do not feel this and thought it was absurd of the filmmakers to imply death this way.
Had the film specifically stated that this was in fact the Devil who was fighting for their souls, I would have given it more stars, but to basically imply that death for all of us is going to be greeted with a sinister evil man with fangs and pointy fingernails who wants to hurt us is not a very good message to send. I can't speak for anyone else, but my personal view of death is the exact opposite of what this film implies.
Had they just said he was the Devil wanting their souls and the waitress and busboy in the diner were angels who were trying to fight the Devil and help the couple, it would have been so much better and more suspenseful for me.
That would have really elevated this film up a lot imo. I'm giving it 2 stars only for the beautiful visuals of the desert that the film was produced in (it really was breathtaking to look at)...and I thought the woman who played the waitress was pretty good and while watching the movie I was wishing that she were the lead character instead because I felt she was much more interesting than the lead actress and I liked her a lot more.
I can't recommend this film because even without the absurdity of implying that Death is some evil and sinister being waiting to devour us all, it's just a really boring and foolish movie. I'm rating it 2 stars (and that's being very generous).