On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to rape, pillage, and kill them, with the survivors of the family trying to break free from the hysterical carnage.
Craven paints an interesting and uniquely bloody study of how 'normal' people will descend to the lowest depths in order to save themselves, but you'll have to suffer through a lot of tedium to get there.
Slant Magazine
September 10, 2003
Craven's latent sick streak gets a major workout here, and the rudest shocks seem to center around the "good" family's parental figures.
As disgusting as the movie is, the ride is never dull, but there's no need to take on the film to begin with unless there's something a little off inside your head.
