Review - Route 666

Route 666, more like Route 66 - sucks . . .

This film actually hurt a little to watch. I kept expecting that it couldn't get any worse and then lo and behold, it would get much worse. Let's talk about the problems:

1. The acting: There was a huge amount of overacting in Route 666, we start out with Jack La Roca (Lou Diamond Phillips) and Steph (Lori Petty) at a bar with no name acting foolishly and annoying the piss out of Rabbit aka Fred (Stephen Williams). Steph's voice alone is enough to make you want to drive an icepick into your eardrums. Watching her on screen makes you want to take said icepick and promptly drive it into your eyes. If that wasn't bad enough, you have the other U.S. Marshalls who are like a group of kindergardeners who argue over the stupidest things. And at one point, as they are being chased by members of the Russian mob, two of the Marshalls actually get into the back seat of their Suburban and make out! This is also during the time that Jack and PT are having a scuffle because PT finds out that Jack's father was a bank robber. What kind of professionals are these? The award for worst actor in this film though goes to PT (Dale Midkiff) he was so over the top in his acting I actually turned away a couple of times in embarrassment.

2. The camera shots: I should have known when the opening credits rolled that something was going to be very annoying with the camera work in Route 666. They tried to make it look like you were driving over pavement and each time the camera went over the white line in the road it would flash up another credit. I had to fast forward because I was afraid I was going to have a seizure or something watching it. Also, in the kill scenes it seemed as if someone with a serious case of withdrawals was holding onto the camera with one hand tied behind their back.

3. The kill scenes: No gore, no blood, no guts and no good.

It was really too bad because the concept of the film was actually quite interesting. After some inmates tried to run, the local sheriff decided to teach them a lesson and thus began years of death and torture along a little stretch of road the locals liked to call Route 666. The road has since been closed down for many years because of bizarre accidents that seemed to befall its travelers. The son of one of the prisoners is lured back by fate years later to put his father's soul to rest and right the wrongs that were done to him and his inmate friends years ago. It did have a chance of working if it weren't for bad acting, bad camera work and boring kill scenes.

I would skip this straight to video crapfest if I were you.

Route 666 Movie Cast and Credits

Directed by
William Wesley

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Scott Fivelson
Thomas Weber
William Wesley

Cast (in credits order)
Lou Diamond Phillips .... Jack La Roca
Lori Petty .... Steph, U.S. Marshal
Steven Williams .... Rabbit aka Fred
L.Q. Jones .... Sheriff Bob Conaway
Dale Midkiff .... PT, U.S. Marshal
Alex McArthur .... Nick, U.S. Marshal
Mercedes Colon .... Mary, U.S. Marshal
Rob Roy Fitzgerald .... Joe, U.S. Marshal
Adam Vernier .... Deputy Gil Conaway
Chester E. Tripp III .... Deputy Tim Conaway
Rhino Michaels .... John La Roca, Jack's Dad
Gary Roberts .... Pickaxe aka Miles Hackman
Pee Wee Piemonte .... Jackhammer aka Steve Pikowski (as Peewee Piemonte)
Michael Chance .... Sledgehammer aka Frank Slater
Dick Miller .... Bartender
Gary Farmer .... Shaman
Sven-Ole Thorsen .... Russian Hitman
Michael R. Long .... Hitman #1 (as Mike Long)
John Cade .... Hitman #2
Chuck Hicks .... Prison Guard #1
Stephen R. Hudis .... Prison Guard #2 (as Steve Hudis)
Anne Lockhart .... Radio Dispatcher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nick Plantico .... Jeep Victim (uncredited)

More reviews and information on Route 666

Route 666 Movie Review and Information Page at The Internet Movie Database
Review of Route 666 from Bloody Disgusting