Release Date: Feb 4, 2006 Wide
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Average Rating: 3/5
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In this thriller, friends Lou and Ryan are headed towards Las Vegas on the desolate stretch of desert highway known as Zzyzx when Lou has the sudden and disturbing impulse to see if he could get away with murdering someone on the isolated stretch, so when he sees a Native American man stumbling across the road, he strikes the man and kills him. Ryan is understandably freaked out about what his friend has done--especially when the dead man's new bride comes looking for him. Trapped in a bleak
Feb 4, 2006 Wide
Jun 12, 2007
All Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (1) | DVD (4)
No indie film this bad would be complete without a plot twist, the ultimate non-revelation only adding to the film's stale voyeurism.
It is a competent neo-noir, a tale of backstabbing and double crosses that play out over a toasty afternoon in the middle of nowhere, efficiently told in a scant 80 minutes.
These guys know what they're doing. Taut, intense stuff.
[FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=7][COLOR=DarkGreen] CHeck out these other reviews for Zzyzx! (I hope RT puts them up soon!) Dread Central: http://dreadcentral.com/index.php?name=Reviews&req=showcontent&id=1471 MovieWeb: http://www.movieweb.com/dvd/news/61/20161.php Aint it Cool News: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/22561
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