Usually when I go into an old movie with high expectations, they almost never meet those... This is an exception.
The first realy (tv-)movie by Steven Spielberg about asshole drivers. David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is in a hurry to his home. When he overtakes a big slow truck, that truck overtakes him back. First he thinks he wants to play a game, but then he realizes that guy is out to kill him.
What I realized first is that the movie is really well shot. It surely doesn't feel like a first time director doing this (he did some shorts but this was his first real movie).
The acting by Dennis Weaver (who is really the only character worth mentioning) is great. You really feel with him.
Spielberg really manages to build tension. The truck really feels like a bad guy and in some scenes this 18-wheeler feels like a preying animal.
My biggest fear was "how will they end this movie?" I had no idea how it was going to end. And I'm just gonna say, the ending is really satisfying.
With a running length of only around 90 minutes this movie is really great. It's a movie to just watch quickly, it won't bore you for a second. You will always just wonder what is going to happen.
I rate this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars and a big like.
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