BA_Harrison Young lovers Charlie (Chad Lowe) and Rachel (Kristy Swanson) are en route to Vegas where they intend to get married, but are forced to postpone their nuptials when they take a shortcut down a dark back road that is patrolled by a devilish cop (C.J. Graham), who whisks Charlie's bride-to-be to Hell. With only 24 hours in which to save his betrothed, Charlie follows the hell-cop into the netherworld and encounters numerous strange obstacles…From Ate De Jong, the director of Drop Dead Fred, Highway To Hell is an offbeat horror/fantasy movie so full of arbitrary action and random characters that it feels like a lot of it was made up on the fly whilst stoned (when, in fact, it was written by Brian Helgeland, who would later win an Oscar for his screenplay for L.A. Confidential). As such, the film has no doubt garnered a small but loyal cult following, although I found the whole thing to be just a little too scattershot for its own good, the somewhat aimless approach hindering my enjoyment of the film rather than helping it.Decent visual effects (including a stop-motion Cerberus), effective SFX makeup (a female demon with saggy tits being my favourite creation), nice cinematography and fun cameos help matters (look out for a pre-fame Ben Stiller as both a diner cook and Attila the Hun, and sexy '80s rocker Lita Ford as a hitch-hiker), but when all is said and done, Highway to Hell isn't quite as rockin' as its title suggests (and no, the AC/DC song doesn't feature on the soundtrack).

Matt Kracht I think I saw this movie for the first time on USA Up All Night, because it totally seems like the sort of thing they'd have played. It's a bit cheesy and campy, but if you like that sort of thing, then you'll probably love it. It seamlessly blends elements from many varied genres into a quirky comedy-fantasy, though I think maybe some people were a bit confused or put off by the lack of clearly defined genre conventions. In some ways, it's similar to Army of Darkness, though it lacks many of the over-the-top gags and one-liners of that movie.If you're a fan of Brian Helgeland, you really owe it to yourself to check this out. It's one of my favorites of his, though I suspect he'd probably prefer that we just forgot about his early work (Nightmare on Elm Street 4, 976-EVIL, Highway to Hell) and concentrate rather on his Academy Award-nominated work, such as Mystic River. Anyways, the story is about a kid who has to rescue his girlfriend, after she's abducted by the Hell Cop (Friday the 13th Part VI's C.J. Graham), who takes her to hell. So, right away you've got an actor who played Jason Vorhees and the writer of Nightmare on Elm Street 4. If that's not enough to sell you on this movie, I'm not really sure what else to say, except that Gilbert Gottfried plays Hitler, in a brief cameo. The movie plays out as part road trip through Hell, part comedy, and part thriller. The parts in Hell are creative, imagining it as a mirror image of our world, except somewhat more bizarre and surreal, like something from Mad Max, complete with biker gangs and vast expanses of blasted wasteland (probably Death Valley).Come to think of it, maybe the reason why I like this movie so much is because it combines Mad Max with Army of Darkness. If that concept appeals to you, I can't recommend this highly enough. If, on the other hand, you're thinking that it sounds ridiculous, maybe it's best that you don't waste your time, as it seems that this movie isn't really beloved by all. Perhaps it's a bit too quirky.I think that if it were given a chance, it could easily develop into a cult favorite.

Screen-7 If found this movie almost unwatchable. If you like really bad movies, like Troll 2, then maybe you'd like this one.It had a few mildly humorous moments -- even though I didn't laugh even once. The jokes where stilted and stale though.The production values where terrible except for a little bit of nice makeup.The plot made very little sense and there where endless plot holes.I didn't find any of the characters compelling but it was interesting to see a few minor characters who would soon become big stars like Jerry Stiller.If you are a fan of really bad movies, then you'll want to see this one. Otherwise, I recommend avoiding it.

Woodyanders Charle (Rob Lowe's affably boyish younger brother Chad) and Rachel (delectable blonde hottie Kristy Swanson, who originated the part of everyone's favorite bloodsucker-stomping high school cheerleader in the flop movie "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") are a sweetly pure and innocent young couple who make the usual mistake of driving down a remote desert dirt road. When Rachel gets abducted by the pernicious superhuman fiend Hellcop (hulking C.J. Graham; Jason in "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives"), Charlie literally has to go to hell to rescue Rachel within twenty-four hours or otherwise the Devil (a smoothly sneaky and ingratiating Patrick Bergin) will have her soul for all eternity.Director Arte De Jong, working from Brian Helgeland's quirkily creative script, presents a gloriously offbeat vision of Hades in this wildly eccentric and imaginative horror-comedy-drama-action-adventure handy dandy multi-genre combo oddity. Among the arrestingly off-kilter sights to be seen in this wacked-out beaut are a greasy spoon diner populated by cops who are never served with a short order cook (a pre-stardom Ben Stiller) who fries eggs on the sidewalk, a gang of hostile bikers, a psycho ice cream man, road workers who all look like Andy Warhol, a butt-ugly libidinous lady demon, a three-headed mutant dog, and a highway with nothing but speeding Volkswagons rippin' down the road. Moreover, Lowe makes for a refreshingly wimpy and reluctant hero while Swanson registers strongly as a very fair and appealing maiden in distress. Popping up in snazzy bits are the ever-amiable Richard Farnsworth as a folksy, friendly ol' fuddy dud gas station proprietor, Pamela Gidley as a helpful motorcycle mama, 80's hard rock icon Lita Ford as a crazed hitch-hiker, stand-up comic Gilbert Gottfried as a raving neurotic Hitler, and Kevin Peter Hall as the eyeless captain of a boat which travels across the river Styx. Robin Vidgeon's bright, dazzling cinematography and a way cool bluesy'n'funky score by Hidden Faces further enhance the marvelously idiosyncratic merriment to be found in this one-of-a-kind flaky favorite.