Detour
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Tom Neal Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Brand: Bayside ENT Dist DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 67 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-10-22 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Alpha Video |
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Movie Reviews of Detour
Movie Review: A farcical attempt at noir
Summary: 2 Stars
I must say I am very surprised to see so many good reviews for this movie. I am a fan of old movies and I am a fan of the Noir style, but this movie comes off as almost parity and comical although it's not supposed to be. It's about a very introverted and weird man, Tom Neal, traveling across country to get to a woman who he has just gotten to agree to marry him after several attempts. He has no car or money so he hitch hikes. He is picked up by a very mysterious man, Charles Haskill, who is obviously hiding something and also takes pills for what appears to be a heart condition but we never find out for sure.
The hitch hicker is now driving while the owner of the car sleeps. The hitcher tries to wake him up but can't so he pulls over , opens up the door and the man falls out, hits his head on a rock and is dead. Now of course the hitcher immediately tries to cover everything up and take the guy's money which we find out he had a lot of. He feels real bad about it, of course, but thinks nobody will believe the truth. So this is basically the basis for the whole movie. Then he picks up a hitch hicker in the dead man's car (brilliant idea) and she turns out to have known the dead man and figures out that this guy killed him. So then she blackmails him to try and get as much money as she can. There are some slight sparks on her end but not on his. The woman that plays this part is very over the top! Making her appear comical and unbelievable. Anyways, the guy kills her by accidentally strangling her with the phone cord through a door. He feels real bad about that too. He never does make it to his fiancee and all the loose ends finally catch up to him. blah,blah,blah.
Bottom line - I don't think this movie was well acted, directed, written, or filmed, and it's hard to take seriously.