Truck driver Pat Quid (Stacy Keach) notices the various vehicles around him in the Australian outback. One of those vehicles is a mysterious green van which raises his suspicions. There is a serial killer on the loose leaving behind body parts. Madeline Day forces him to stop and grabs a ride. He thinks the van driver is the serial killer but she does not. She leaves him and he picks up a hitchhiker (Jamie Lee Curtis) who he has encountered several times.
This is best described as Rear Window on the highway. There is a good sense of Hitchcock including a magazine cover of Hitchcock. There are a few instances of manufactured tension which cheapens any homage to the legend. The cliff top is ridiculously close to the edge. It's played like Day didn't notice the land falling off even though she's facing the endless ocean. It would have worked better at night. The boat is a head-scratching. I don't know why the guy is swerving all over the road. He's also walking into danger without a weapon. He's a trucker. He should at least have a tire iron. Despite the minor missteps, it still has enough Hitchcockian tension especially in the final act. The character does get a bit irrational but one can excuse it due to the intensity.
This is best described as Rear Window on the highway. There is a good sense of Hitchcock including a magazine cover of Hitchcock. There are a few instances of manufactured tension which cheapens any homage to the legend. The cliff top is ridiculously close to the edge. It's played like Day didn't notice the land falling off even though she's facing the endless ocean. It would have worked better at night. The boat is a head-scratching. I don't know why the guy is swerving all over the road. He's also walking into danger without a weapon. He's a trucker. He should at least have a tire iron. Despite the minor missteps, it still has enough Hitchcockian tension especially in the final act. The character does get a bit irrational but one can excuse it due to the intensity.