Rushlights (2013)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 14
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Average Rating: 2.8/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 7
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Average Rating: 3.5/5
User Ratings: 282
Movie Info
Billy (Josh Henderson) and Sarah (Haley Webb), two deliquent teenage lovers from the suburbs of Los Angeles travel to a small southern town to falsely claim a dead friend's inheritance. The two teens wind up in a nightmare of greed and betrayal when confronted with the twisted and bizarre underworld of Tremo, TX.(c) Vertical Ent
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Cast
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Josh Henderson
Billy, Billy Brody -
Haley Webb
Sarah -
Aidan Quinn
Cameron Brogden -
Beau Bridges
Sheriff Robert Brogd... -
Lorna Raver
Belle -
Jordan Bridges
Earl -
Crispian Belfrage
Edward Romero -
Philip Lenkowsky
Sly Wheaton -
Joel McKinnon Miller
Sal Marinaro
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All Critics (18) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (14) | DVD (1)
Polished but unmemorable.
Top CriticMaybe noir just feels a bit old at this point. No matter what, the movie isn't worth the Texas heat.
They say it isn't nice to kick a dog when it's down. But man, there are a lot of dogs in "Rushlights"...
There are too many twists in Antoni Stutz's uninvolving "Rushlights."
It all dwindles into "Who cares" long before the end of the road.
If ever a movie signaled that the Quentin Tarantino copycat age of empty-headed wink-wink genre rehashing is still with us, "Rushlights" is that movie.
The story is competently told, the direction suits the mood, and the performances are convincing even if the characters aren't very deep.
Drifts glumly from one ludicrous narrative development to the next.
Stutz has crafted a decent thriller, actually. A lesser-man's Body Heat
With more engaging leads this film might be one that people would want to see a second time--just to get straight all that happened.
A genre exercise that shows some promise, but descends from pleasant obfuscation into patent absurdity.
In this film about murder, the last 10 minutes are enough to kill me.
Based on a true story, "Rushlights" could have been a very standard, by the book imitation noir film. Instead, Stutz packs it with genuine surprises and emotion.
Somehow the story can't quite tally with the rather familiar storyline.
A lackluster neo-noir thriller set deep in the dark heart of Texas, Rushlights delivers plot twists galore. If only the protagonists, a pair of hard-luck L.A. teens, were interesting enough to make audiences care what becomes of them.
It's a lousy ending stapled to an underwhelming picture, leaving Rushlights more of a bungled card trick than a steamy, scary ride of intimidation.
Whatever pleasure could be derived from the movie's generically twisty plotting is negated by cardboard characterization, indifferent editing rhythms, and a score that sounds like it was pulled from a production music library.
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