Title (Brazil): "Rota Mortal: Não Olhe Para Trás" ("Mortal Route: Don't Look Back") But the plot itself is very weak and worse than in the original movie. The greatest "attraction" of this flick is the sick tortures inflicted by the driver to his victims, removing eyes and drilling knees and legs, with lots of gore and pain. However "Rest Stop: Don't Look Back" is a disappointing mess, with a non-likable lead characters Tom, Jared and Marilyn and an invincible sadistic ghost. "Rest Room" had a good premise but the writer did not know how to end the story. Marilyn sees the ghost of Nicole in the restroom and realizes that they are facing supernatural evil forces. Meanwhile Tom and Marilyn wait for him in the next rest stop where Tom is also attacked and kidnapped by the driver of the yellow truck. While in the old highway California, Jared needs to stop his car in an old rest stop to go to the toilet and is attacked by the driver of a yellow truck. He drives his truck with his girlfriend Marilyn (Jessie Ward) and followed by his friend Jared (Graham Norris) in his old car to California trying to track his brother. The corporal Tom Hilts (Richard Tillman) returns from overseas to his hometown Argyle, Texas, for a ten days leave with the intention to seek our his brother Jess (Joey Mendicino), who disappeared one year ago while heading to California with his girl-friend Nicole (Julie Mond). I don't know if they can adequately answer my concerns about the plot, but they have my endorsement if they are willing to try. At the same time, the film sets the stage for a "Rest Stop 3", since now there's bound to be questions needing answers for some people. I feel that for what was added, it wasn't nearly enough. Overall, "Rest Stop: Don't Look Back" was not a necessary part of the series and could have gone without being made. And for those who liked the first film, this fills in some blanks that may have been lingering in the minds of viewers. The use of gritty filming (like in "Devil's Rejects") returns, which I think adds a lot of character (and should be used more, not less). an intense sex scene which could have gone further but goes pretty far as it is. it's not scary, it's just getting played out and boring. The torture meme has taken over horror and I have been sick of it for some time now. If you're going to use torture, use it sparingly. Having one character be turned on another? Excruciatingly painful incidents that do little or nothing in punishing sin, as near as I can tell. I understand torture was used in the first film on the bus, but it seems like it was increased for this flick. It's true that new details about the driver emerged, and there was some added mythology, but not really enough to make this film seem progressive. Was I supposed to care about her? The other big concern was that while the creators had said they wanted to expand the mythology of the first film, almost every scene was covering the same territory all over again. The girlfriend (Jessie Ward) was good as far as being the "sexy chick", but beyond that had little to offer. Both Tom Hilts (Richard Tillman) and his friend Jared (Graham Norris) weren't overly likable, and they came across as awkward. I'll start with the defects and then go back to the merits. While some of it was pretty good, other aspects came across as lacking. Will they meet the same fate? I really enjoyed "Rest Stop" and seeing that the same people - most of the original cast (Jaime Alexander is noticeably absent), plus John Shiban and Shawn Papazian - had returned, I figured this one couldn't be too bad. encountering the religious family, the driver. Although the police were unable to do anything, these three quickly stumble on the same path from a year before. One year after the disappearance of Jesse and Nicole, Jesse's brother Tom (a corporal in the Army, fresh on leave from Iraq) and two friends are on the trail.
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