There are reviewers here actually comparing this film to Hitckcock's work? Now, I've only seen maybe fifteen Hitchcock films, but none of them were nearly as boring as "Road Games" (and they were all, you know, pretty good).
Stacy Keach is the truck driver "Quid" in Australia who gets involved in a proverbial "cat and mouse" game on a long highway with who he suspects is a serial killer who drives a green van. The first half of the film is excruciating as we see long scenes of Stacy playing his annoying harmonica, looking down as people in other vehicles and talking about them to himself, talking to himself in general as he drives (and the conversation is not interesting at all), talking to his dog or dingo or whatever it is when he drives, and strain to be clever and philosophical while doing so. Even the dingo seems real bored - he just kinda seems along for the ride like he's forced to, as opposed to being there because he's Stacy's faithful companion.
It takes quite a while for Jamie Lee Curtis to enter the movie, and after a few minutes of what is supposed to be a clever exchange between her ("Pamela") and Quid, the film attempts to pick up the pace but only manages to look silly, and still be boring.
The best part of the whole movie actually is the second encounter Quid and his truck have with a guy in a car towing a boat, who refuses to get out of Quid's way.
Even a few decent gratuitous shots of Jamie in her tight jeans (no decent 'top' shots) don't make this snore-fest any less dull. As a matter of fact, Jamie isn't even in the film that much at all, but it's definitely the Stacy Keach show without question. It all comes down to the big finale which doesn't make any sense, and after all is resolved, the film goes for one last shock but it comes off as hilarious actually.
Some will want to watch this out of curiosity, like I did, and I feel for those who strain their way through it.
Stacy Keach is the truck driver "Quid" in Australia who gets involved in a proverbial "cat and mouse" game on a long highway with who he suspects is a serial killer who drives a green van. The first half of the film is excruciating as we see long scenes of Stacy playing his annoying harmonica, looking down as people in other vehicles and talking about them to himself, talking to himself in general as he drives (and the conversation is not interesting at all), talking to his dog or dingo or whatever it is when he drives, and strain to be clever and philosophical while doing so. Even the dingo seems real bored - he just kinda seems along for the ride like he's forced to, as opposed to being there because he's Stacy's faithful companion.
It takes quite a while for Jamie Lee Curtis to enter the movie, and after a few minutes of what is supposed to be a clever exchange between her ("Pamela") and Quid, the film attempts to pick up the pace but only manages to look silly, and still be boring.
The best part of the whole movie actually is the second encounter Quid and his truck have with a guy in a car towing a boat, who refuses to get out of Quid's way.
Even a few decent gratuitous shots of Jamie in her tight jeans (no decent 'top' shots) don't make this snore-fest any less dull. As a matter of fact, Jamie isn't even in the film that much at all, but it's definitely the Stacy Keach show without question. It all comes down to the big finale which doesn't make any sense, and after all is resolved, the film goes for one last shock but it comes off as hilarious actually.
Some will want to watch this out of curiosity, like I did, and I feel for those who strain their way through it.