Review of Detour (1992) by Gareth B — 05 Mar 2007
In its heyday, Detour probably seemed to be a serious Film Noir. Today, it's just plain mindless fun. The holes are more than evident in this film (like using a flashlight to illuminate Tom Neal's eye line during a psychological solliloquy or the dubious legitimacy of whether you could strangle some body with a telephone cable purely as an accident).
Still, you don't feel bad when the murder does happen. Ann Savage plays her role of unconventional femme fatale with such vitriol and bitterness that by the end the audience kind of wants her to die.
A B-movie through and through, Detour may lack the gore and it may lack the prestige, but its still funny as hell and a must for fans of the classical film noir.
This review of Detour (1992) was written by Gareth B on 05 Mar 2007.
Detour has generally received positive reviews.
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