Bava’s film was an anomaly for
a director whose name became
synonymous with lavish, meticulously designed horror movies.
Taking place chiefly inside a car
and on various roadside stops,
it couldn’t be more visually opposed to the Gothic horrors
and Giallo thrillers for which we
most remember Bava. Hannezo’s stylish remake actually looks
more like a Bava movie than
the Italian director’s own gritty,
pared down version.
Following a similar plotline
as the original (both movies
are based on a short story - Michael J Carroll’s ‘Man and Boy’),
Hannezo’s film opens with a
bank robbery gone wrong. The
robbers make off with $2 million, but four cops are left dead
in a shootout resulting in a high
speed chase. Cornered in a
shopping mall car park, the quartet of villains kill one unfortunate
shopper and take another hostage (Virginie Ledoyen). Leaving
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