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1 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
You're the hostage, 9 March 2000

Author: -88 from Wichita, KS

I'M GOING TO DISCUSS THE "SURPRISE" ENDING, so sign off now if you really intend to see this.

I picked this loser up in the horror section of a local grocery store, so when the characters began to pointedly mention that they were awaiting the arrival of a criminal gangleader, I naturally assumed that something supernatural was going to put in a cameo toward the end. Wrong: the twist ending to this tiresome hostage melodrama is that the bad guys are fronted by -- are you ready for this? -- a woman! Too tedious to be any fun in even a B-movie way; since movies this bad usually depend on naked women or monsters to recoup their modest budgets, it makes you suspect that the director thought he was actually doing something. Wrong again. 2/10

0 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
Overly subtle film has a few decent moments, 31 October 2005
Author: bukakkefriedchicken from fabulous Las Vega$!

A family driving to a vacation spot stops at a roadside diner, only to be added to a number of hostages taken by a group of bickering smalltime jewel thieves.

This film had a lot of possibilities, and actually has some degree of success in its rendering(on an obviously extremely low budget)...however, the moments of intensity are few and far between, leaving the overall project rather impotent. Performances range from gonzo amateur to proficient, which is to be expected in regional items this low on the ladder.

Still, I'd say this is a worthy watch for people interested in obscure poverty-row productions...you could certainly do a lot worse.

4.5/10

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