Moviemanic22
'Big driver' was one of the four short stories featured in Stephen King's novel 'full dark no stars' Reflecting on the experience of reading it, I would say that it was fantastic. This doesn't contain any supernatural elements. But out the four stories, this one I liked the best. There was great suspense plus I wasn't disappointed by the ending. As reading material I was hooked on to it. It was enjoyable as well as intriguing. I had high expectations from the movie, but why should that be? It was a made for TV flick. Without a doubt it was well made and had a good performance from Maria Bello. She never disappoints. But something felt missing. The first half was haunting and one feels empathy for the main character but the second half didn't sustain the same level of enjoyment. It felt rushed and it seemed that she got over the ordeal too quickly in order to think about revenge. Plus the confrontation could have been more convincing. Perhaps it is just another case of where the read spoils the fun of watching the movie. Overall it is good but there are much better revenge movies out there.
SnoopyStyle
Tess Thorne (Maria Bello) is a successful writer of the fictional mystery-solving knitting Doreen (Olympia Dukakis). She follows Ramona Norvell (Ann Dowd)'s directions and takes a shortcut going home from an event. Her tires get punctured by boards with nails in the road. There is no phone service. A guy stops to offer help. He ends up raping and almost killing her. She gets left for dead in a culvert with other bodies. She escapes and decides to keep it a secret. Her hallucinations start to drive her to seek revenge.At first, it seems interesting to see a Stephen King book done in a Lifetime movie style. After seeing it, that's enough for me. Bello does the her best but she's really alone in the effort. A lot of it is just a little cheesy. I would like to change Doreen to get away from Murder She Wrote territory. Doreen should really be played by Maria Bello. There are some pretty dark elements but other times, it can't get away from the Lifetime feel. This doesn't quite work.
billsoccer
Watched the movie despite the reviews because of Steven King's writing it. Couldn't believe I'd seen the same move - it was a good exercise in psychology. To briefly over the story, a successful author is raped. She avoids telling anyone because she fears retribution, both professional and personal. She soon start hunting her assailant. Some of her behavior isn't helpful or rational. Many times you catch the 'heroine' hallucinating, so was she making it all up? Is she the real killer? The tension was well-done. The plot twists were credible and added to the suspense. So what were the detractors watching?? OK, it wasn't a big-budget movie, but it was certainly entertaining.
Schuriken
The entire film is about 1 hour and 20 minutes long. Which explains perfectly what you're about to see and why.You're about to see a short film with a scenario so common, your eyes will keep rolling every 2 minutes.Why should you see this, I don't know, it's not a very clever film. Same old stuff all over and over again. It brings absolutely nothing to the table.A woman gets raped, left for dead and returns to have her revenge on the guys who did it. It doesn't sound much now does it ?I am certain that the director during the filming had only one thought on his mind. That the movie poster will read Stephen King and he will get away with it. But no, he didn't get away with it. The film is mediocre at best. The dialogue is very frustrating and ridiculous.No horror, no mystery, no plot, no nothing. Bad acting and unimpressive photography.You know there are still people around that have seen too many movies to be impressed like a 7 year old child who watched this story for the first time.A second or third choice Stephen King film. Simple as that.
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