Much better than expected!
I was really not expecting much with no name actors (I didn't recognize any one) and no name director and writer Christopher Smith, but I was very pleasantly surprised!
All the actors were spot on, maybe a little overboard in some instances but it played well with the directing which was actually very impressive for a director and writer I never heard of!
Yes there were a few plot holes but for a 'B' or less movie, everything else was exceptional!
Well done Christopher Smith and to the entire cast for a great thrill ride!
Detour
2016
Action / Thriller
Detour
2016
Action / Thriller
Plot summary
Law student and all round good guy, Harper, suspects that his scheming step-father, Vincent, is responsible for the car crash that sent his mother into a coma. Drowning his sorrows one evening in a seedy L.A whiskey bar, Harper is interrupted by a tough looking redneck called Johnny Ray who offers to 'take care' of his step-dad for the cool sum of US$20,000. Angry, intent on revenge and fuelled by alcohol, Harper agrees to the deal and spends the rest of his evening downing shots with Johnny Ray. The next morning, Harper awakes to the mother of all hangovers with hazy memory of the previous night's events. Answering a knock at the front door, he is surprised to find Johnny Ray and his beautiful but distant girlfriend, Cherry, ready and waiting to drive to Vegas to kill Vincent. Harper's claims that he was drunk and didn't know what he was doing mean nothing to Johnny Ray who is more threatening than ever in the cold light of day. Harper quickly realises that there is no easy way out; if he wants to survive this, he has no choice but to go along with the plan. What follows is a tense and deftly constructed noir thriller in which Harper's story takes an unexpected detour, presenting the audience with two alternate versions of events with two very different outcomes. Did Harper really want to kill his step father and which road did he actually take?
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Tye Sheridan as Harper James
Bel Powley as Cherry
Stephen Moyer as Vincent Reed
Emory Cohen as Johnny Ray
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 863.95 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
R
Movie Reviews
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Much better than expected!
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Smart little thriller
Detour is a film about this teen who hires a criminal to murder his stepfather and we see the movie played out in two different ways:if he hired the criminal and if he didn't. But things aren't always as they seem, you will see for yourself and if you did, you probably know what I'm talking about.
It's interesting in the first act, then it slows down a bit in the second act and then turns the complete plot around in the third act. This movie may be a bit too many plot twists to process at first, but once you really think about it, it all makes perfect sense. The problem is, that slowing down in the second act makes you lose your interest a bit, but don't let that fool you.
The movie isn't long, so try to get into it. It's very stylishly done and it's a nice throwback to crime movies of the 90s, like Reservoir Dogs or True Romance. If you are thinking about watching this, gibe it a chance.
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Crossroad
Detour is a way better title than the one they gave this in Germany. Even so it was not giving too much away, this just makes more sense. Although I would like to think and believe that crossroads may also work. Run Lola Run had a similar feel to it - at least partially. Where a character has to decide how to continue and where to go - what the consequences of their doing may be.
Our main character may be flawed, but he is our hero. And he seems to want to do good - choose the right path for him, the way he sees it. But we know about good intentions, don't we? Also there surely must be a twist here, right? Right? If you think like that, the movie probably will sneak up on you and surprise you with quite a lot of its choices. I liked that very much. The actors did a great job and a final "stab"/twist really is as mean as they come ... well depending on your viewpoint of course ... but that's life, right?