Twentieth Century Fox seemingly spent about ten bucks on this
ridiculous sequel – and that tenner was supposed to cover equipment
(I'm guessing someone used a worn 1970s handy cam), talent (I take it
all the kids, bar the lass from Jeepers Creepers 2, were fresh from a juvi drama class?), and script.
Seems
writers James Robert Johnston and Bennett Yellin found management
half-way through penning the script, and were advised it was a dud
deal, so handed in what they had - something encompassing a story that
didn't so much resemble John Dahl's original movie, but a D-grade Saw rip-off.
Or
maybe the producers just knew a guy who was friends with a guy whose
cousin's wife's aunty could get cheap blood for film productions so
decided they would be better off making something icky and sticky
(like Saw) than something straight-up suspenseful or thrilling like, er... the film this is supposedly allied to!
The
original 2001 film told of three youngsters who decide to fool around
with a trucker on their car C.B radio. Unfortunately, the trucker
doesn't take too kindly to their prank and hunts them down.
The sequel sees a new bunch of young and dumb kids - rubbing Rusty Nail up the wrong way.
This
time they don't so much as prank him on a C.B radio as they do steal
his car from his barn! And, I tell ya, if these kids stole my car from
my house I would be picturing their heads on sticks too.
He, of course, finds them.
In
between people's fingers being chopped off, there is a road-thriller in
here. At least that's what the DVD sleeve tells us. I'm still looking.
An absolute shocker. DVD EXTRAS
Not that I personally got that far - but it reportedly includes a
couple of featurettes (one being a making-of, another on the 'make up')
and a storyboard-to-scene comparison thing.
Conclusion:
Movie 20% Extras: 30%
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