| Rest Stop (Unrated Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: John Shiban
Actors: Jaimie Alexander, Joey Mendicino, Deanna Russo, Diane Salinger, Michael Childers (iv)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  82 reviews
Sales Rank: 17402
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 85
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD83815D
UPC: 012569838154
EAN: 0012569838154
ASIN: B000H2M2RA
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: October 17, 2006
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/08/2008 Run time: 85 minutes Rating: Ur
Amazon.com
Considering that Rest Stop comes courtesy director John Shiban, an X-Files and Star Trek staff writer, one would expect this horror film to contain a kernel of originality, but unfortunately it is a poor conflation of Wolf Creek, Joyride, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, among others. Nicole Carrow (Jaimie Alexander) and Jess Hilts (Joey Mendocino) are young, hopeful actors taking a road trip to Hollywood, though neither reaches their final destination. A psychotic pick-up truck driver dominates the rest stop they pull off at, often maiming his victims by hitting them with his truck, then dragging them off onto a school bus where he tortures them with drills, pincers, saws, branding irons, knives, and other tools. Jess disappears early in the film, leaving Nicole to fend for herself, often by locking herself in the dingy rest stop restroom, or by running to avoid being hit by the truck. After her attempt to call a sheriff ends in the sheriff's death, Nicole's prospects for survival dim. Graphic scenes are indeed horribly disgusting, but the torture methods are so cliched that one wishes for more psychology behind the killer's methods to actually scare. A random scene in which Nicole hitches a ride in a motorhome with some Bible-thumping freaks further pushes the film into cliched territory. Since Rest Stop fails to fully develop the killer or the victims' characters, it is difficult to empathize with them. Even Nicole, rendered powerless from the outset, lacks the personality to entertain through this full-length feature in which so little happens besides hunt-kill, hunt-kill. --Trinie Dalton
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 C'monnn people this movie was really good! November 13, 2008
I don't know why everyone is bashing this movie so bad. I just watched it on Netflix yesterday and I came on here to see how much I can get it for. It was a lot better than I had expected. I am looking forward to watching Rest Stop 2. I wouldn't rate this movie 5 stars, but definitely 4.
NEED A NEW LEAD October 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
REST STOP
I had high hopes for this film going into it when I first watched it, it was being compared to "WOLF CREEK" [a film I liked] so I thought that this would be just as good if not better. Unfortunately this film did not live up to that expectation, maybe it is my fault for believing the hype. This film turned out to be just ok which is a disappointment, but it does still have some good qualities about it. I think if I would have gone into this with out expectations it might have been a little better, who am I kidding it would have been the same. Reason being is that with or with out the expectations the lead actress would still have annoyed me, so maybe I would have felt the same way.
The story is all about a young couple just getting away from every thing in life and trying start a new one, guess they get more then they wanted. The film picks up nicely once they get to the [you guessed it] rest stop and one of them goes missing, the girlfriend is left to fend for her self as a killer plays with her the whole night. The film at this point goes from a serial killer flick into a ghost film into a torture film and back again, it makes more sense [maybe not] when you watch it. That is basically the story, how long can she take being played by this guy out to kill her like he did her man.
Jaimie Alexander stars in this film and man I wish she did not, her performance is absolutely annoying, at least to me. The thing that annoys me the most is that I know she can do much better and you can tell while watching this that the potential was there. She ends up failing in this film though with a very shaky and down right annoying performance, I just don't believe her in this role. She is absolutely out shined by every other person on this flick. Deanna Russo plays her part masterfully and really should have been the lead in this film, her performance is hauntingly good and very creepy. Joey Mendicino as Jaimie's boyfriend does a good job for the time that he is on screen, and all the actors that played the creepy RV family are brilliant. Another great and very believable performance comes from Joseph Lawrence as the police officer who gets trapped with Jaimie's character. If it were not for those individuals this film would have been really hurt by the lead actress.
Writer/Director John Shiban obviously was trying to make a good movie and you can tell he really put is all into this, every thing is fine on his end. The writing for this film was good especially for this type of film and the direction and pacing was good as well, I think that the creepiness of the bathroom scenes though is what makes this film stand out above a bad lead. There are some good gory scenes as well and the RV family provides one of the best parts of the film. There are some things that don't make any sense but you can check that out for your self.
It is up to you to judge this film how you see fit but personally I say that the lead actress almost ruins the entire movie. I would say that this is a rental and then see how you feel from there, I think for the most part it is good.
 A movie with too much that didnt know where to go. October 21, 2008
It's really difficult for me to even give this flick two stars but certain things held my interest. I've been wanting to see Rest Stop for awhile and was a little excited to finally sit down and watch it. When it was over, I was more relieved than anything else. This movie wants to be in your face and shocking so bad that it's almost laughable. Yes, there are some rather good gore scenes but all of that is completely overshadowed by the fact that the story is it's biggest flaw. There's dates on the bathroom stall from the 70's and if this movie takes place in the present then the Killer would have to be at least sixty. The family in the RV had potential but with what screen time they're given it just leads to the viewer to wonder, what in gods name was thep point of all that? The main bad guy is a dime-store villain "dirty-red-neck trucker," great there's something new. And lets not forget our moronic heroine who seemed to do nothing but make things worse for herself. I'm sorry, say that's how her character would act all you want but I refuse to believe people are this stupid. Last but not least, the ghost factor: cool concept, but executed so poorly i'd rather watch Ghost Dad. And don't look for anything helpful in terms of an explanation with the alternate endings, they'll only further induce cranium aches.
 Haunted Bathroom October 21, 2008
I was very frustrated watching this movie as well. Basically, everything in the movie is supernatural. The girl is stuck interacting with ghosts of the past; there is no way she could escape or destroy the killer.
This isn't explained and just leaves the viewer very frustrated.
The 3 alternate endings "EACH MORE SHOCKING THAN THE LAST" is bullshi_. They are each DUMBER THAN THE LAST.
The movie did keep my attention throughout, therefore, it gets a 3 out of 5 stars, but, yeah, it was also just annoying to sit through at the same time.
recommended to anyone looking for a good time. September 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Another decent one from "Raw Feed." Aside from its obvious low budget, this is an entertaining little "Survival" flick. Decent gore, decent suspense. I wouldnt rank this among my top 20, but i'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a good time.
6/10
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