- Release:
1 januari 2014 - Regie:
William Dickerson
- Cast:
Neil Hopkins (Skyline)
- Genre:
Thriller
- Jaar: 2013
- A Première TV Distribution Release
Detour
SYNOPSIS
Jackson Alder is een hippe reclamejongen op weg naar een belangrijke zakenlunch. Zijn gloednieuwe iPhone eist al zijn aandacht op. Maar terwijl hij met zijn chique terreinwagen over een gevaarlijk bergweggetje raast, gebeurt het onvoorstelbare. Een modderstroom van bijbelse proporties dendert de flank af en sleurt Jackson en zijn hypermoderne cocon van comfort de diepte in... Gevangen in zijn wagen, wegzinkend in de modder, begint Jackson aan de reis van zijn leven, een roadtrip naar het hart van een man die hij eigenlijk nauwelijks kent. Een man die koste wat kost wil overleven in de meest onwaarschijnlijke omstandigheden. De gladde reclamejongen staat voor zijn belangrijkste verkooppraatje ooit: zichzelf wijsmaken dat hij hier levend uit zal komen! Een claustrofobische thriller die je je diepste angsten onder ogen zal doen zien... en je grootste bondgenoot: jezelf.
REVIEWS
- The New York Times: At times the groan and scream of collapsing metal sounds so authentic you might mistake Jackson's heavy breathing for your own.
- Villagevoice.com: Think of the blackest crawl space you encountered as a child, and then imagine curling up inside it, at midnight, for the better part of 90 minutes, and you're getting close to the experience of watching writer/director William Dickerson's debut feature, Detour - and, yes, that's a compliment. Hopkins is as good at panic as he is at selling peak-human determination. By the end, he does what he must, all greased up like an engine part, and the performance and filmmaking are invigorating. Even as you're putting together just what he's doing, you'll feel what he's going through.
- The Hollywood Reporter: Detour is a tautly efficient thriller that fully succeeds in making the viewer identify with its hapless protagonist's desperate plight.
- AisleSeat.com: Detour is at its very best in the last 30 minutes, in which Jackson makes a desperate attempt to save himself; this third act is nothing but good stuff. The finale rattles your nerves, making you feel all the danger and claustrophobia that Jackson faces. Hopkins really gets to show his stuff here, bringing the character's desperation vividly to life. It's all tense and exciting and nerve-wracking. In spite of the few aforementioned flaws, Detour builds to a conclusion that sends you out the door shaken and thankful to see light.
- FilmThreat.com: Ultimately you are drawn into the dire circumstances and forget how the camera covers them as the poor protagonist gulps for air under tons of dirt. For every breath he's grasping for, you're holding one in, anticipating what might follow.
- MediaMikes.com: 'Detour' deals with issues of claustrophobia and asphyxiation to say the least and as an audience you feel like you are battling those right also alongside our brave actor. I would highly suggest paying the few bucks to check this out. You will thank me later!
- PasteMagazine.com: Dickerson's claustrophobic survival thriller proves itself a technically proficient, expertly paced affair. Hopkins delivers a performance of muscular breadth (both emotionally and physically).
- TVGuide.com: Dickerson manages to keep the character's fate tantalizingly unclear until the last possible moment, making Detour a deeply immersive exercise in low-budget suspense from start to finish.