Let’s Ride #18!
On their way home from their engagement party, a couple take a shortcut through the California forests and find themselves terrorized by a cannibalistic killer, helped by a hitchhiker, and tested by their own secrets on a seemingly endless road in 2024’s Drive Back. The film was written by Jon Sarro and directed by Cody Ashford. It stars Whit Kunschik and Zack Gold as Olivia and Reid, our young couple trapped in a cycle of violence and terror.
Drive Back‘s delivery is much like its plot: twisted and endless. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed this film well enough, but visiting and revisiting the same moments over and over with no real conclusion to them gets boring really, really fast. Add to this the fact that it’s pretty obvious who certain characters that the couple meet along the road are after meeting them just once or twice. When the film is in terror mode, it terrorizes. When it’s in “big revelation” mode, it drags the film to a dead stop. Ultimately, you get a movie full of great moments but no real payoff.
The cast is fine. The cinematography can be beautiful at moments. The action is great. It’s the lulls between the action and the overall plot that make this film less than it could be in the long run. I recommend it for the cast and action, but with a few reservations.
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