Patrick Swayze plays Jack Crews. The man needs 9 grand in order to keep his house from being taken away from him. He just spent 2 years in prison after killing people with his truck due to him falling asleep at the wheel and he's being offered a 10-grand illegal driving job that just might help him keep a roof over his family's head. He accepts the job against his wife's disapproval. On the way, he's being attacked from people who try to keep him from doing that job.
To me, this movie is too shallow on the right things and too thorough in the wrong ones.
First of all, here's a man who, supposedly, has been living for 2 years with guilt for having killed a whole family on the side of the road while he was falling asleep driving, and he's smiling almost every time his pursuers go up in flames. Now, I'd love to see what he'll be telling his kid about that. It would have been good to see Swayze showing some doubts upon whether he's doing the right, but no, the man just keeps going, knowing he could go to prison, risk his family's life, and make them lose their house anyway. Second of all, his load is being attacked by successively, cars, trucks and motorbikes all shooting at it and not one is thinking about aiming for the tires... Randy Travis is bringing a country element to the movie but that's all he's doing.
If you're into big trucks, country music, and explosions, and if you're not too demanding on the performances or on story logic, this is right up your street...
To me, this movie is too shallow on the right things and too thorough in the wrong ones.
First of all, here's a man who, supposedly, has been living for 2 years with guilt for having killed a whole family on the side of the road while he was falling asleep driving, and he's smiling almost every time his pursuers go up in flames. Now, I'd love to see what he'll be telling his kid about that. It would have been good to see Swayze showing some doubts upon whether he's doing the right, but no, the man just keeps going, knowing he could go to prison, risk his family's life, and make them lose their house anyway. Second of all, his load is being attacked by successively, cars, trucks and motorbikes all shooting at it and not one is thinking about aiming for the tires... Randy Travis is bringing a country element to the movie but that's all he's doing.
If you're into big trucks, country music, and explosions, and if you're not too demanding on the performances or on story logic, this is right up your street...