Road to Nowhere
Director: Monte Hellman
Actors: Tygh Runyan, Dominique Swain, Shannyn Sossamon
PlotA young and ambitious filmmaker sets out to make a true-crime movie, drawing inspiration from a real-life scandalous crime story that involved a young woman and a powerful politician. The plot thickens as he decides to cast an unknown actress who bears an uncanny resemblance to the woman at the center of the crime. This decision sets off a chain of events that blurs the lines between the film's narrative and reality, as the filmmaker and his cast delve deeper into the complexities of the story they are trying to depict.
As the production progresses, the filmmaker and his team find themselves entangled in a web of intrigue and deception. The boundaries between the film within a film and the real world become increasingly indistinct, leading to confusion and a sense of unreality among the cast and crew. The actress's connection to the real-life crime becomes a focal point of fascination and speculation, pushing the characters into a spiral of obsession and identity crisis. This descent into the intertwined layers of story and reality challenges the viewer's perception of truth and fiction, making it difficult to distinguish where one ends and the other begins.
Writers: Steven Gaydos
Release Date: 07 Apr 2011
Runtime: 121 min
Rating: R
Country: United States
Language: English
Home Video Reviews
Region A-locked US Blu-ray of a low-budget indie film offers average presentation with few extras, failing to entertain despite its ambitious attempt at mystery.
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