callanvass (Credit IMDb) A young man attempts to seek to avenge his wife's death after she is murdered by a Las Vegas mobster.I highly doubt I'm the only Christian Slater fan that is deeply saddened about how far his career has plummeted at this juncture. Slater is a gifted actor and he's better than this junk. Stephen King movies have always been a hit and miss, but they have been far more miss, as of late. The pace is as slow as molasses and I had issues paying attention. The ending to this movie is rather cool, but getting there, is the major problem. Slater makes for a cool villain, but he can do this in his sleep. Wes Bently is bland. Overall, I don't remember too much about this movie, probably a reason for it. It sucks3/10

PeterMitchell-506-564364 I can't believe this film was the imagination of Stephen King. This crap is almost a ninety minute view of torture. Christian Slater playing evil and he doesn't do a half bad job of it as mob guy/slave trader, Dolan, who's now resorted to selling kids for suck clientele, and profiting fruitfully from it. He has his own supply of costumes on standby too, so he's got his s..t together. A beautiful witness, (Mia from Two And A Half Men) who has seen at first hand, the special cargo being loaded up, is taken out. The boyfriend, a teacher, now becomes completely obsessed and psychologically hell bent on tasking out Slater, first being worked over by him which intensifies his rage. Her image burns in his memory as he's sees a phantom of her on the lonely highway. He hatches a plan. He becomes a road worker, and carves out a section of loose bitumin, to entrap our Slater, which of course works, where Dolan's Cadillac goes under, with Slater begging for mercy. No suspense here, or in anything. That's it. End of movie. We see Slater minutes before going under, viewing some of the kiddies, on his laptop, holding numbers, a pang of conscience, looking away before looking back, but this son of a bitch has dug his own grave, the same place this movie should be laid to rest. The best part of this dreck is some of the hot girls in lingerie, put on show, but apart from that, forget it, this Cadillac sucks, this movie robbing people of their valuable time.

ajs-10 I admit to being a bit of a fan of the work of Stephen King, as such I am fully aware that there are many adaptations of his work out there that are less than average. Despite this, I live in hope that someday somebody will make a decent fist of one of his stories again. Unfortunately, this one goes on the 'below par' pile… along with too many others I'm afraid. I must say I haven't read the story on which this one is based, but, knowing Mr. King, I'm sure it works perfectly well on the page. More of my thoughts after this brief summary.A schoolteacher, Robinson, is devastated when his wife, Elizabeth, is murdered by crime boss Dolan. She had witnessed several murders committed by Dolan whilst out riding one day and ended up paying the ultimate price. With vengeance on his mind, Robinson gets himself a gun and stakes out Dolan for a long time. Thinking the time is right he prepares to kill him but a hit by a rival gang puts paid to his ambitions and demonstrates that Dolan's car, a tripped out Cadillac is one tough motor vehicle! Eventually a plan forms in Robinson's mind, one which will involve Dolan's Cadillac.There are elements of this film I liked, the fact that Robinson is haunted by visions of his wife after her death was a nice device. Shame they didn't use it to its full potential. There were a couple of moments of humour in there, but not enough to give this film a boost it needed. Performance-wise, Christian Slater did an excellent job as Dolan, he really knows how to 'chew the furniture' when required. Wes Bentley was also pretty good as Robinson and finally, although she didn't have an awful lot to do, Emmanuelle Vaugier did a decent job as Elizabeth.I do enjoy a decent revenge thriller but unfortunately this one is a bit of a let-down. The plot loses a lot of steam very quickly and never really recovers. It's a shame really because this one had some potential, but I can see why it went straight to DVD. Over all, despite a couple of decent performances, this one fails to live up to its potential… NOT recommended.My Score: 4.7/10

Wizard-8 I feel I should start the review by saying whether I had previously read the Stephen King short story before watching this movie. As a matter of fact, I had. I didn't find it one of his better stories, namely because the story early on reveals exactly what the protagonist is planning, and subsequently does it. No surprises or twists. The screenplay for this movie does fix this, not revealing what the protagonist is planning until it happens (though there are a few hints along the way.) However, the screenplay does still have some flaws. It runs too long, a pitfall many movies adapted from short stories have. There are many scenes with Dolan that don't seem necessary. And there are some plot holes, like how the protagonist got Dolan's cell phone number.Another flaw is with Slater. He tries REALLY hard, enough that he deserves an "A" for effort. But he's still the last person you'd imagine to be a gangster. Had someone older and more weathered been in his role, I think the movie would have worked better.Still, there is some merit to be found. The production values are really good - this is one shot-in-Canada movie that actually manages to make you think it was shot in the United States. And the last half hour of the movie is very good, tense and gripping. If you can't find a better movie, and have the patience to sit through a so-so first hour for a really good last half hour, then I would recommend this movie.