SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Executscan Expected more

Fulke Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

maffo_6 Watched this when it was shown on TV. Completely shocked by just how good it was! Wondered how it could never have been shown at cinemas, despite an obviously low budget.Been a fan of Dean Cain for a long time, ever since New Adventures of Superman. I do agree, however, with the other comment on here and Cain has been terribly type cast because of it. This really gives him the chance to change that view, which he does with style.Dain Cain is fantastic; really gets a chance to show off his acting skills, and Danny Trejo makes a chilling villain. Unexpected plot twists at every turn. Well worth a watch. Seriously, watch it! Now!

johnnyboyz It's fun to see a raw, well shot independent film every now and again and I do, in a way, feel privileged to have seen Lost despite the certain things that I thought kept it from being a great film although kept it at being a good film. It's difficult to pinpoint the exact genre for this film as it's really just a 'road movie/thriller' and revolves around a guy on a road in a desert trying to get home to his wife and child; he's also carrying some cargo but the surprise when it is revealed exactly what the cargo is is far too enjoyable for me to say so here.The person who wrote and directed this film, Darren Lemke, has obviously paid close attention to certain thrillers and such from the past. Jeremy Stanton (Cain) driving along and getting into all sorts of rather illegal mischief is very reminiscent of Psycho (1960) especially when you realise what it is he's carrying and who he actually is; also, the fact he's pulled over by a state trooper is either supposed to remind us of how we felt when we saw Marion Crane asleep at the wheel in a lay-by when a police car pulled up or it's supposed to create a whole new feeling of paranoia within itself despite the fact the 'twist' of what it is he's actually got in the boot isn't revealed yet.As Stanton attempts to make his way home, little obstacles that pop up are not only a little predictable but also a little anti-climatic. Like I said, it takes a while for what it is he's carrying to be revealed so any hindrance that occurs is purely going to frustrate him without leaving us on tenterhooks; needless to say that changes later on. Although this could be seen as quite clever, Stanton's reactions to things like: running low on petrol, not being able to communicate to a petrol station attendant due to a language barrier and as mentioned, being stopped by a state trooper aren't really as desperate nor do they make us think that maybe there's more at stake than merely getting home to his family.I don't like to gripe at independent film's writing but the script is a little weary in Lost. Stanton makes trouble for himself on more than one occasion and to me, it was rather noticeable. Anyone who's seen a road movie before will know that usually the people in the car are in some sort of trouble and have to do their very best not to make things worst for themselves: simple, just drive and drive until you're home, right? Wrong, not in some films. In Thelma and Louise (1991), they were on the run and due to good writing, they avoided trouble most of the time, in a film called The Hit (1984) one character throws a piece of clothing out the window and another says something like: "That was a bit silly – it could act against us later as some sort of clue". As a result, in Lost, when Stanton throws several things from his car I immediately thought of that scene from The Hit. Stanton also makes things worse for himself on numerous other occasions, one of which occurs when he moves his 'cargo' from one large bag to several smaller ones meaning more luggage for him.The film uses another convention it has; an operator called Judy (Scott) to good affect as she acts as Stanton's lifeline although the twist involving her was a little unbelievable just as it was able to plan the feeling of 'It's possible for them to do this twist but I hope they don't' inside of me. Along with this, the multiple problems Stanton comes up against does create good suspense so the director has obviously thought out how he's going to make it all work from a suspenseful point of view. Going into the film, don't expect anything too fantastic but it is a well made, well shot film that uses and borrows to good effect.

janpieter-1 Awful awful awful!!! If you want to waste your evening I highly recommend this movie.. It made wonder about the stupidity of a master-mind criminal spreading waste around, leaving maps containing his route information written on it, and worst of all: trusting a person without any reason but a sickening ending to this movie. The goofs in the movie are hard to ignore while being all around and in your face.. The car the guy drove in broke down because there wasn't enough cooling liquid in it, then he goes and sit behind a billboard the badguy pisses against while not noticing superman, and voilá: his car is fixed! Every attempt in the movie to let it be 'arty' or anything where just too obvious and annoying, the road aid parts between the scenes.. yuk.. I was a hardcore Superman fan when I was young, but this just made me want to rip my teeth out of my mouth. I watched this with 6 friends, of which 4 made it till the end without falling asleep, and those 4 remaining agreed to this being crap. And yes, that is a plot spoiler.... DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT SEEING THIS!!!!

bobbyhonea all in all it was a pretty good flick,but a few questions need to be addressed;first off he was driving a brand new something perhaps a BMW i dunno couldn't really tell, but he did run low on fuel and had to stop and fill up,but later when he was driving the 1980,81 ford f-150 p.u. gas was no longer an issue.(i drove one of those gas hogs for years),and his ran pretty damn good for $500; 2.if archer was such a good Apache tracker why couldn't he see the rush cover-up job that Stanton did with his tire tracks in the sand when he hid behind the billboard? i mean the apache man did see a cigarette butt on the highway while doing 70!; 3. how in the hell did archer figure out he was using g.p.s. and Judy at that? but in the end i thought she was working with the feds and was leading him into a trap for a reward.