Highwaymen (film)
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Directed by | Robert Harmon |
Written by | Craig Mitchell Hans Bauer |
Produced by | Mike Marcus Carroll Kemp Bradley Jenkel Avi Lerner |
Starring | Jim Caviezel Rhona Mitra Colm Feore Andrea Roth Frankie Faison |
Cinematography | Rene Ohashi |
Edited by | Chris Pepper |
Music by | Mark Isham |
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Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Countries | Canada United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2,394,737 |
Highwaymen is a 2004 action thriller film directed by Robert Harmon. An American-Canadian production, it stars Jim Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, Frankie Faison, and Colm Feore. The score was composed by Mark Isham. The film was released on 13 February 2004.
Plot
[edit]A man named Rennie Cray is motivated by revenge to track down and kill the man who ran over his wife, a serial killer immobilized by the man himself. The killer uses a wheelchair. He drives a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado to stalk and kill his victims in car accidents. When the serial killer makes a young woman his next target, the man has to stop the killer once and for all.
Cast
[edit]- Jim Caviezel as Renford James "Rennie" Cray
- Rhona Mitra as Molly Poole
- Colm Feore as Fargo
- Gordon Currie as Ray Boone
- Frankie Faison as Will Macklin
- Andrea Roth as Alex Farrow
- Noam Jenkins as Kelt
Reception
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 13% based on 15 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 3.2/10.[1]
Anna Smith from Empire gave the film 2/5 stars, writing, "Both the well-choreographed crash scenes and the gritty cinematography hint at a better film. Shame no-one took the time to make it."[2] Jamie Russell from BBC awarded the film 1/5 stars, calling it "a five-lane pileup on the freeway to hell".[3] Mark Savlov from Austin Chronicle gave the film 2/5 stars, stating that the film "lacks the sprawling, Westernized mythos of The Hitcher and feels, in the end, like a previously owned nightmare sorely in need of a new universal hell joint."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Highwaymen (2004) - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.com. Flixer. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ Smith, Anna. "Highwaymen Review". Empire Online.com. Anna Smith. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ Russell, Jamie. "BBC - Films - Highwaymen". BBC.co.uk. Jamie Russell. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ Savlov, Marc. "Highwaymen - Film Calendar - The Austin Chronicle". Austin Chronicle.com. Marc Savlov. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
External links
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- 2004 films
- 2004 action thriller films
- 2004 crime thriller films
- American action thriller films
- Canadian action thriller films
- American crime thriller films
- Canadian crime thriller films
- English-language Canadian films
- American serial killer films
- American road movies
- 2000s English-language films
- Films about automobiles
- Films about road accidents and incidents
- Films directed by Robert Harmon
- Films shot in California
- Films shot in Toronto
- New Line Cinema films
- American vigilante films
- Films scored by Mark Isham
- 2000s American films
- 2000s Canadian films
- Action thriller film stubs