Beyond silly, but stupid fun.
Added 8/28/2009
Route 666 (William Wesley, 2001)
Steven Williams is one of those actors who, in my opinion, always makes anything he's in just that much better. It must have been pretty tough to do with Route 666, which sports one of the downright silliest scripts to come down the pike in I don't know how long, but Cuban director Wesley (Scarecrows) obviously decided to try and save it by picking up the best cast he could for the small budget he must have had, and Williams shines here, as do a number of smaller players who are similarly fine. Too bad about everything else, though...
Route 666 tells the tale of a bunch of Federal witness protection marshals, led by Secret Service agent Jack LaRoca (Lou Diamond Phillips), who hunt down a fugitive named Rabbit (Williams) and have to get him back to Los Angeles for a trial where he's agreed to testify against a mafia boss. They get lost on back roads, eventually ending up coming out on Route 66 where an old, condemned extension, Route 666, is supposed to go all the way to the California border. Despite rumors that the road is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of prisoners who died while working on the road, including LaRoca's father, LaRoca decides to take the road in order to save as much time as possible. The crew are pursued by both mafia hit men and a local corrupt sheriff and his deputies, but that's the least of their worries...
A bad movie this is, truly, but it's saved from complete unwatchability by the performances of a number of the cast. Williams' rapidfire comic timing makes every scene he's in good, and Gary Farmer, in a small cameo, is as great as Gary Farmer is in everything. You should throw believability out the door once they get on the road (disappointing, as the first part of the movie showed real promise as an action thriller), but it's got enough going for it to make it worth watching once. You'll never want to do it again, but once. **
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Ritchie Valens takes on a zombie chain gang who haunt Route 666
Added 7/27/2009
Route 666 is one of those films we've caught a few times now, but haven't seen it all the way through until now. It stars Lou Diamond Phillips "Riiiiiitchie!", Lori Petty, and Shaft's cousin Steven Williams(whose one of those guys you know you've seen in a bunch of stuff before, but just can't remember what.) Now Lou Diamond is a very good actor but has also done quite a bit of good b in his days. This one is no exception. It's a nice little b horror straight out of 2001, just past Sid's favorite decade for b but still in a good range.
The film takes place in the desert whic is always a reciepe for some solid b when it comes to horror. Jack La Roca (Lou) and his partner Steph (Petty) are escorting Shaft's brother across the desert trying to save him from being wacked. His in the witness protection program and decided to flee sending some gumbas to come looking for him. Luckily Ritchie Valens came to bring him to safety only to run into a pack of ghost/zombie street toughs. There's no way to bring these things down so they are a pretty scary bunch. Eventually the mighty Jack La Roca was there to figure out a way to put an end to the gang, look at the scoreboard it choas.
For our first Lou Diamond entry we have to say it was a successful one. The film is really entertaining with the perfect amount of b sprinkled in. The cast were surely d list and the zombie gang was really interesting looking. They were like a bunch of stone looking zombie's that lived under the road, only coming out when they here people above. That's pretty scary f you ask Sid. We can honestly recommend Route 666 for a good b horror watch, and assure you that it would've been enjoyed years ago.
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Death by Road Construction Tools
Added 3/27/2009
Lou Diamond Philips is a better actor than this film and I will never understand WHY Hollywood doesn't give him better roles.
He made this film BETTER because of his acting in spite of the script so I give it a 4. I have seen it on cable at least 3 times and enjoyed it all 3 times. This film wasn't meant for the Oscars but for fun and enjoyment. In the end the bad guys die and the good guys win. A good ole fashioned American ending.
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Good movie, great creative plot.
Added 10/27/2008
I love this movie. It was a great horror flick, with what I thought was a good creative plot. The monsters in this movie were also well developed defenitally A quality. But sadly since this movie from what I saw didn't have any real big name actors or actress's I have to give it 4 stars. In fact the only actor in this flick who I even remember playing in another movie was Lou "Diamond" Phillips. I think he played in the TBS original motion picture "Red Water". But either way I thought all the actors and actress's still did a good job in this film.
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Bad, but fun bad.
Added 10/27/2008
The plot is dumb and the zombies and the bad guys are all equally ridiculous. Still, I found this movie strangely watchable. Lou Diamond Phillips, Lori Petty, and Steven Williams make a great trio, and the evil sheriff is satisfyingly EEEEVIL. But what I think makes this movie work is the spooky/beautiful desert setting, which gives it a bit more of a sense of spirituality than it really deserves. Plus, there's an encounter with a wacky shaman who serves magic tea. Silly, but fun.
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Beyond silly, but stupid fun.
Added 8/28/2009
Route 666 (William Wesley, 2001)
Steven Williams is one of those actors who, in my opinion, always makes anything he's in just that much better. It must have been pretty tough to do with Route 666, which sports one of the downright silliest scripts to come down the pike in I don't know how long, but Cuban director Wesley (Scarecrows) obviously decided to try and save it by picking up the best cast he could for the small budget he must have had, and Williams shines here, as do a number of smaller players who are similarly fine. Too bad about everything else, though...
Route 666 tells the tale of a bunch of Federal witness protection marshals, led by Secret Service agent Jack LaRoca (Lou Diamond Phillips), who hunt down a fugitive named Rabbit (Williams) and have to get him back to Los Angeles for a trial where he's agreed to testify against a mafia boss. They get lost on back roads, eventually ending up coming out on Route 66 where an old, condemned extension, Route 666, is supposed to go all the way to the California border. Despite rumors that the road is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of prisoners who died while working on the road, including LaRoca's father, LaRoca decides to take the road in order to save as much time as possible. The crew are pursued by both mafia hit men and a local corrupt sheriff and his deputies, but that's the least of their worries...
A bad movie this is, truly, but it's saved from complete unwatchability by the performances of a number of the cast. Williams' rapidfire comic timing makes every scene he's in good, and Gary Farmer, in a small cameo, is as great as Gary Farmer is in everything. You should throw believability out the door once they get on the road (disappointing, as the first part of the movie showed real promise as an action thriller), but it's got enough going for it to make it worth watching once. You'll never want to do it again, but once. **
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Ritchie Valens takes on a zombie chain gang who haunt Route 666
Added 7/27/2009
Route 666 is one of those films we've caught a few times now, but haven't seen it all the way through until now. It stars Lou Diamond Phillips "Riiiiiitchie!", Lori Petty, and Shaft's cousin Steven Williams(whose one of those guys you know you've seen in a bunch of stuff before, but just can't remember what.) Now Lou Diamond is a very good actor but has also done quite a bit of good b in his days. This one is no exception. It's a nice little b horror straight out of 2001, just past Sid's favorite decade for b but still in a good range.
The film takes place in the desert whic is always a reciepe for some solid b when it comes to horror. Jack La Roca (Lou) and his partner Steph (Petty) are escorting Shaft's brother across the desert trying to save him from being wacked. His in the witness protection program and decided to flee sending some gumbas to come looking for him. Luckily Ritchie Valens came to bring him to safety only to run into a pack of ghost/zombie street toughs. There's no way to bring these things down so they are a pretty scary bunch. Eventually the mighty Jack La Roca was there to figure out a way to put an end to the gang, look at the scoreboard it choas.
For our first Lou Diamond entry we have to say it was a successful one. The film is really entertaining with the perfect amount of b sprinkled in. The cast were surely d list and the zombie gang was really interesting looking. They were like a bunch of stone looking zombie's that lived under the road, only coming out when they here people above. That's pretty scary f you ask Sid. We can honestly recommend Route 666 for a good b horror watch, and assure you that it would've been enjoyed years ago.
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Death by Road Construction Tools
Added 3/27/2009
Lou Diamond Philips is a better actor than this film and I will never understand WHY Hollywood doesn't give him better roles.
He made this film BETTER because of his acting in spite of the script so I give it a 4. I have seen it on cable at least 3 times and enjoyed it all 3 times. This film wasn't meant for the Oscars but for fun and enjoyment. In the end the bad guys die and the good guys win. A good ole fashioned American ending.
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