With a friend's recommendation, I was invited to see this film. Granted, it looked like another silly horror/stalker flick from the previews way back when, but I kept an open mind as I sat down to watch this latest suspense/thriller.
While it wasn't spectacular, I did have some fun with it.
I think that came from the fact that the leads were enjoyable, and there were some entertaining and funny moments throughout all of "Rusty Nail's" stalking. It's the timeless story of two kids driving cross-country, and why it's not a good idea to mess with people too much. It's also a good lesson in that when one gets busted for something like this, it's not a good idea to tell the recipient of the practical joke what an idiot they are for falling for the gag.
What we're left with is an angry truck driver who remarkably has more leads and connections on these kids that the Psychic Friends Network could only dream of having. Therein lay the problem for me. "Rusty Nail" knew remarkably too much about these characters, and I kept wondering why is it that he never had to report in to anybody, like his bosses for example. Don't truck drivers have to keep a schedule, and aren't some trucker agencies going to be more than a little unhappy if these schedules aren't met? I don't know of too many truck drivers who have the luxury of postponing their deliveries to go chase a few practical joking kids all over the country for a few days. Maybe that's a benefits package I simply haven't heard of.
Regardless, some of the scenes were entertaining (the fate of the ice truck early in the film comes to mind), there were funny moments, a decent tense spot or two, and given the circumstances and how far one is willing to just sit back and relax with the movie, some of the situations concocted managed to work. I'm just very glad they chose not to use some of the DVD's alternate endings. They had "Rusty Nail" come off as more of the Terminator in terms of endurance.
It's a fun movie to sit around with friends and talk about. Take that as such, and don't try to figure out the plot holes.
While it wasn't spectacular, I did have some fun with it.
I think that came from the fact that the leads were enjoyable, and there were some entertaining and funny moments throughout all of "Rusty Nail's" stalking. It's the timeless story of two kids driving cross-country, and why it's not a good idea to mess with people too much. It's also a good lesson in that when one gets busted for something like this, it's not a good idea to tell the recipient of the practical joke what an idiot they are for falling for the gag.
What we're left with is an angry truck driver who remarkably has more leads and connections on these kids that the Psychic Friends Network could only dream of having. Therein lay the problem for me. "Rusty Nail" knew remarkably too much about these characters, and I kept wondering why is it that he never had to report in to anybody, like his bosses for example. Don't truck drivers have to keep a schedule, and aren't some trucker agencies going to be more than a little unhappy if these schedules aren't met? I don't know of too many truck drivers who have the luxury of postponing their deliveries to go chase a few practical joking kids all over the country for a few days. Maybe that's a benefits package I simply haven't heard of.
Regardless, some of the scenes were entertaining (the fate of the ice truck early in the film comes to mind), there were funny moments, a decent tense spot or two, and given the circumstances and how far one is willing to just sit back and relax with the movie, some of the situations concocted managed to work. I'm just very glad they chose not to use some of the DVD's alternate endings. They had "Rusty Nail" come off as more of the Terminator in terms of endurance.
It's a fun movie to sit around with friends and talk about. Take that as such, and don't try to figure out the plot holes.