Black Cadillac (2003)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

John Murlowski

Writers (WGA):

John Murlowski (story)
Will Aldis (screenplay)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Revenge in the driver's seat

Plot:

Three young men become terrorized in a high-speed car chase with a mysterious pursuant.

Plot Keywords:

Car Chase | Brother Brother Relationship | Snow | Dark Road | Fistfight

Cast

Randy Quaid	...	Charlie
Shane Johnson	...	Scott
Josh Hammond	...	C.J. Longhammer
Jason Dohring	...	Robby
Kiersten Warren	...	Jeannine
Adam Vernier	...	Beefy
Taylor Stanley	...	Denise
Kelly Mullis	...	Lurlene
Robert Clunis	...	Luther
Marilyn Silva	...	Louise
Karl Johnson	...	Fightin' Bar Guy
Richard Deutsch	...	Drunk Bar Kid
Christopher Gilbertson	...	Bar Denizen (as Chris Gilbertson)
Shannon Holzer	...	Bar Denizen
Jeremy Fry	...	Bar Denizen

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

Brazil:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Painting Entertainment Inc.

Trivia:

The film is loosely based on an experience form the Director's past. In the early eighties, while he and a few friends were driving home, they were chased by a car, for several hours, through backwoods roads.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The black Cadillac is incorrectly identified in the movie as a '57 Eldorado. It is, in fact, a 1957 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 Limousine.

How did that nut behind the wheel get loose?

A little mysterious,... hotted up '57 Cadillac chasing the Saab in the snow, at night, after a pub brawl....hmm.

The greater part of this movie takes place within the Saab or looking at it from without. Most of this is very good stunt work and captivating to watch.

Charlie the cop was a crackup right from the moment he just helped himself to a lift with the boys in the Saab. From the minute he speaks he sounds suspicious and reminds us more than once that he is off duty and just wants to get home.

The two brothers' dialogue doesn't sound like any two brothers communicating that I've heard but maybe they're step-brothers or something. The punch-ups are magnificent and some of the recipients are mega tough. Its either that or lightweights doing the punching. When you watch a man standing over another and punching him in the face repeatedly, say maybe five or six slammers, and then the guy can get up and carry on, blood lip, nose, eye perhaps? nothing!! Not a mark. Those gridiron guys at Yale, they're something else and hey, can they drive or what?

The flaws in this movie don't get in the way and it was intriguing to watch.

My rating 7/10 (Distinctive)