Freeway (1988)

Director:

Francis Delia

Writers:

Deanne Barkley (novel)
Francis Delia (writer)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.

Plot Keywords:

Religious Psychosis | Deeply Troubled Person | Religious Punishment | Deeply Disturbed Person | Religious Fanatic

Cast

Darlanne Fluegel	...	Sarah 'Sunny' Harper
James Russo	...	Frank Quinn
Billy Drago	...	Edward Anthony Heller
Richard Belzer	...	Dr. David Lazarus
Michael Callan	...	Lt. Boyle
Joe Palese	...	Det. Gomez (as Joey Palese)
Steve Franken	...	Lawyer
Brian Kaiser	...	Morrie
Kenneth Tobey	...	Monsignor Kavanaugh
Julianne Dallara	...	Roseanna Rivera
Laurie Foshay	...	Laura
Gloria Edwards	...	Nurse Mary
Deem Bristow	...	TV interviewer
Toby Anderson	...	Bud Clay
Kimberly Hall	...	Thelma Clay

Runtime:

Brazil:102 min | USA:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:M18 (cut) | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

Gower Street Pictures

Goofs:

Factual errors: The last book of the Christian Bible is the Apocalypse or Revelation. But everyone in the movie, including priests and the scholarly talk-show host, pluralizes it to "Revelations".

Quotes:

Edward Anthony Heller: [taking aim at someone with his gun] I am the end

Highway murders, with the Belz on the radio

I think it was Dennis Miller who coined calling Richard Belzer ,"the Belz." Anyhow, FREEWAY was made somewhere in between stand-up dates by Belzer, long before Homicide hit television. Of course, Belzer had done other flicks before(THE GROOVE TUBE), so he was fairly comfortable in front of the camera.

And, in fact, Belzer is the only entertaining thing about FREEWAY. The plot itself concerns a road-rager (back in the late 80's, this was un-hip) who blows the heads off of people. This psycho(the ever-employed Billy Drago)gets caught up with the Belz, with one of the killings being heard by Belzer.

James Russo, as always, thinks he's tough. But, like Mickey Rourke(sometimes), acting tough and being tough are two separate things.

FREEWAY is not so hot, and the low-budget shows. But, if you are a Belzer fan(I know you're out there), then this may be worth a look.

Everyone else, beware, THIS FILM IS TEDIOUS AND OVERLONG.