UK Shaun Rest StopWatched this last night. The film has been around for 10 years. It looked fresh, with a raw style, maybe they over cooked the high contrast from time to time. The cast did a good job. Jaimie Alexander was excellent as the lead female. Camera work too is good, as are the bloody special effects. All in all, first impressions are good. I would attempt to describe the story, but others here have done so already. Did it make sense? I'm not so sure, as it is one of those types of films. All I will say is, Rest Stop takes place at a Rest Stop, a place in the middle of nowhere, a place to park the car and take a leak in some run down toilets. There is a bad guy, baseball cap wearing, drives a small yellow truck. As far as I could tell, the actions of the truck driver are not made clear. To be honest, the story is not great. Less of a story, more of a situation anyone could find themselves in given the correct mixtures of ingredients.

Uriah43 "Jesse Hilts" (Joseph George Mendicino) and "Nicole Carrow" (Jaimie Alexander) are two young lovers who decide one day to take off for Hollywood where fortune and fame undoubtedly await. On the drive from Texas they stop off at a rest stop which is off of the beaten path and appears to be almost abandoned. Nicole then goes into the restroom but when she returns she finds that Jesse has disappeared. At first she thinks he is playing a game on her but when a man in a yellow pickup truck drives by and throws his cell phone at her she realizes that he has been abducted. She is now left at the rest stop all by herself with no way to get help and with a potential maniac on the loose. Now rather than reveal any more of this film and risk ruining it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that it had a pretty good premise to work from. Unfortunately, it failed to live up to its potential. The main reason for this is because it seemed to lose focus on several different occasions. In any case, those who enjoy splatter films without rhyme or reason might find this entertaining but quite frankly I found it to be somewhat disappointing and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.

utgard14 Girl (Jaimie Alexander) runs away from home with her douchebag boyfriend (Joey Mendicino). They stop at a remote rest stop along the highway. I'm not sure there really are rest stops like this one anywhere in the US. I've been across most of the country, admittedly more in the East than West, but I've never come across a rest area that was overgrown and isolated like this one while still being functional. Anyway, while there the boyfriend is kidnapped and the girl is terrorized by a crazy guy who drives around in a yellow truck. Then Joey freakin' Lawrence shows up and gives us the longest death scene in movie history. I swear it goes on forever. If you haven't seen him act since Blossom, believe me he hasn't gotten better. Overly familiar, full of clichés, plot holes, and bad acting, this is an awful movie that is difficult to finish. Jaimie Alexander is very pretty but her acting isn't that impressive. Particularly the scenes where she's alone and talking to herself in the bathroom. Still, she spends the climax of the movie running around in her bra, which I'm sure we're all grateful for. Oh, and look, this movie has a family of weirdos that figures into the plot. How original for a horror movie...in 1967. Avoid this garbage.

WhoDeyLeisure This movie was on Showtime tonight, so I decided to give it a shot. It was pretty bad, but kept on watching. Until...the victim finds a cop. The cop talks to the bad guy, and lets him go. Then, the bad guy runs the cop over with his truck. What does the cop do?In the most calm voice ever..."Nicole....Help me."SERIOUSLY? Not only is this the worst acting ever....it's the worst writing, screenplay, special effects, etc...EVER!!!Then she gets him into the bathroom and says.... "What can I do to help?"And the cops says... "Shoot me."She the girl says... "I'll just clean you up a bit."Really? REALLY? I turned it off.