Why so much hype?

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I was pleasantly surprised with this movie. The acting is good. If you like movies that are not predictable, this is a movie I recommend to you. I liked the ending, and it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the movie. I recommended it.The ending was unexpected and the story was interesting. I am done reviewing but IMDb wants users to post at least 10 lines, for some reason, so I have to keep going. I mean, what do they want me to do, tell everyone what happened from beginning to end? Do you realize how long 10 lines is? I could have finished this review in 3 lines, but again, rules are rules. I have been typing and typing and I have 8 lines so far. Anyway, I had cereal for breakfast today.

Think. . . 'Dead End' (2003) + 'Joy Ride' (2001) Plot: After starting a pretty heavy fight at a Wisconsin bar, three Minnesotans (who are there to drink underage. . . for some reason) fight for their life against an unknown vengeful figure driving an amazing '57 Caddy Eldorado.Cast rundown: Randy Quaid as Sheriff Charlie is good as usual, but he's really let himself go over the years. The main cast of guys (Jason Dohring, Josh Hammond, Shane Johnson) are also pretty good, and a surprisingly well shaped group of characters. Kiersten Warren (that annoying chick that dated Slater in Saved by the Bell: The College Years) was actually not as annoying as she was on Saved by the Bell. . . but that could be due to her 15 minutes of total screen time and like four lines.Review: The plot is obviously nothing new. We've seen it tons of times. . . but that doesn't mean we can't always enjoy it. The fact that it takes place in the dead of winter on rural roads makes it even cooler. Icy car chases always add some necessary thrills. Solid acting and directing, and mostly solid writing, make it a more-than-adequate film if you're watching for the technical stuff. My only real problem with it was the predictable ending, which I called about 15 minutes in. But, overall, it's a very cool, and often exciting, little unknown horror flick.Final Verdict: 6.5/10. Definitely worth a watch.-AP3-

There are some things that naturally are cinematic. Among these are car chases, smoke and snow. Similarly on the story side, people cast together in a small space with an outside threat and unrevealed past relationships.It terms of flow, the most reliable device is a character who is not what he seems.On these safe poles is strung the structure of this movie. Overall, it isn't any worse than other fare that doesn't matter. Some of the photography — especially of the menacing Caddy — is good.But someone smart enough to use these devices should also have know the dangers. They are so familiar that in order to be effective they have to be exaggerated beyond themselves.To have exaggerated chases these days requires CGI and some recourse to the supernatural. To have the historical revelation matter it has to be extreme, completely strange. When the twist comes and you learn which things are not as you suspected, these days that has to be at least two major twists. Big ones that involve the skin of the thing.You'll find the same pattern in romance where too much thrill eats the center and two little prevents it from slaking onto the blade.Maybe its impossible to be delicate and surgically sharp these days, which is why genre films are already bankrupt, reduced to selfparody.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

Black Cadillac: Revenge In The Driver's Seat. Well put, well put. Sorry guys, I've gotta take the black beauty's side in this story, not the little red sloth. I'm not against little cars, i like the OLD vw bug, but, that aside, i guess i was actually routing for the "villian" in this story. And the vehicle, ha ha.That car, that right there is the single most beautiful machine to ever exist. It's tough as a tank, fast as a jet, and as attractive as Kiersten Warren. Damn, she's a babe! (Am I talking about the Caddy or KW? Well, a truth: not everything is black or white.)The setting: beautiful, the plot: beautiful, the car...perfect. And the movie's as close to it as any other.