Storyline
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
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Cast
John Hawkes, Ray Liotta, Holmes Osborne, Carmen Argenziano, Marshall Bell, Alfred Molina, Rebecca De Mornay, John Cusack, William Lee Scott, Clea DuVall, Matt Letscher, Amanda Peet, John C. McGinley, Jake Busey, Leila Kenzle, Bret Loehr, Frederick Coffin, Joe Hart, Michael Hirsch, Terence Bernie Hines, Stuart M. Besser, Pruitt Taylor Vince
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Reviews
80
Chicago Reader
Managed to pull the rug out from under me about three-quarters of the way through, and I still hadn't found my feet when the credits rolled.
80
L.A. Weekly
Cooney's achingly clever script has more up its sleeve than just Agatha Christie -- he also evokes "Psycho," "The Sixth Sense," "Poltergeist" and "The Omen" -- and the final third dishes up a twist that isn't just surprising, it's revealing
80
Fine escapist fare with a saving sense of humor and an underlying premise that, when revealed, proves to be arguably plausible even if a reach.
75
Cusack is especially good in a role that's got more (and less) going on under the surface, while Peet offers up another coltish, trash-mouthed vamp.
75
Chicago Tribune
A slick, bloody thriller, but it's also, to its credit, a genuine whodunit.
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