Keach plays Quid, a truck driver delivering pork to Perth, Australia. He beats the boredom of the road by looking at other cars and the people inside them and guessing their line of work, etc. He gets too accurate with his game when a serial killer picking up hitchhikers and leaving them in pieces crosses Quid's path. Keach's character is witty and has more personality than most portrayals of truck drivers. A young Jamie Lee Curtis teams up with Quid and together they try to find out if their guessing game about the strange man in the green van is fact or fiction. When Pamela (Jamie Lee Curtis) gets too close to the killer she nearly becomes a victim herself. Great dialogue, humor and numerous quirky characters.
Chrissy K. McVay - Author
February 25, 2007 |  | For Once, A GOOD Australian Movie!!!(That's A Nice Change!!! |  |
In this movie we see Stacey Keach playing a truck driver on his way to Adelaide via the Nullabor Plain. The word "Nullabor" is an abbreviation of the Latin "Nulla Arbor" which means "no trees" which from what I have heard is a pretty good description of this place. Stacey picks up hitchiker Pamela , played by Jamie Lee Curtis and then they are on the hunt for a Serial Killer who likes to slice and dice his victims. In this movie Stacey Keach gets the award for Best Dressed Truck Driver Of The Year because most truckers in Austraia wear shorts and a singlet as their working atire. He is also commended for not taking any "West Coast Turnaround" amphetamines to keep him awake on the road!!!
June 20, 2005This is one of those movies that gets sorely overlooked because it doesn't pander to the slasher & gore genre ,in true classic horror movie fashion it let's your own imagination do most of the work.You get drawn into the characters because they never seem pretentious or one dimensional ,this is also very much in the Hitchcok vein, so if you are looking for something a little different w/thought instead of gore this is the ticket.
May 9, 2005 | | One more Jamie Lee Curtis horror flick makes it to DVD! | |
oOkay, this isn't so much horror as super suspense. Jamie Lee doesn't even appear in the first half of the movie. Stacy Keach spends the time driving across country trying to get away from some unseen psycho in a truck. But after he picks up Jamie Lee, you really feel like you've entered a classic Jamie Lee slasher flick!
This movie is a must for Slasher/Scream Queen fanatics.
April 16, 2005A movie that is highly watchable and a pleasure to see again after all these years. Stacy Keach stars as a truck driver who notices the behaviour of a driver in a green van. Everywhere Stacy goes, the man is close by committing a crime - or is he? Very hitchock in style, the movie keeps you guessing as to what is really going on. Director Richard Franklin makes no apologies for his love of Hitchcock's work, and while this film is largely unknown, it is worth your time just to see how a great director works. Back when this was made, there was much controversy over the use of two american actors for a film set in Australia. However, to finance it back then, it required big names. Unfortunately, it didn't help win the film an audience back in 1981 which surprises me because it really is very good. I assume appropriate marketing of the film was not undertaken.
Road Games has a genuine eeeery feeling to it. If you enjoy watching films with clever direction then check out this film. It is not a horror film as some reviewers have stated, it is more a suspense thriller - A BIG DIFFERENCE!
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