Highwaymen (film)

This article is about the 2004 film. For other uses, see Highwayman (disambiguation).

Highwaymen
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Harmon
Written by	Craig Mitchell Hans Bauer
Produced by	Mike Marcus Carroll Kemp Bradley Jenkel Avi Lerner
Starring	Jim Caviezel Rhona Mitra Colm Feore Andrea Roth Frankie Faison
Cinematography	Rene Ohashi
Edited by	Chris Pepper
Music by	Mark Isham
Production companies	New Line Cinema Millennium Films Cornice Entertainment
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	February 13, 2004 (2004-02-13)
Running time	80 minutes
Countries	Canada United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,394,737

Highwaymen is a 2004 action thriller film directed by Robert Harmon. An American-Canadian production, it stars Jim Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, Frankie Faison, and Colm Feore. The score was composed by Mark Isham. The film was released on 13 February 2004.

Plot

A man named Rennie Cray is motivated by revenge to track down and kill the man who ran over his wife, a serial killer immobilized by the man himself. The killer uses a wheelchair. He drives a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado to stalk and kill his victims in car accidents. When the serial killer makes a young woman his next target, the man has to stop the killer once and for all.

Cast

• Jim Caviezel as Renford James "Rennie" Cray
• Rhona Mitra as Molly Poole
• Colm Feore as Fargo
• Gordon Currie as Ray Boone
• Frankie Faison as Will Macklin
• Andrea Roth as Alex Farrow
• Noam Jenkins as Kelt

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 13% based on 15 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 3.2/10.

Anna Smith from Empire gave the film 2/5 stars, writing, "Both the well-choreographed crash scenes and the gritty cinematography hint at a better film. Shame no-one took the time to make it." Jamie Russell from BBC awarded the film 1/5 stars, calling it "a five-lane pileup on the freeway to hell". Mark Savlov from Austin Chronicle gave the film 2/5 stars, stating that the film "lacks the sprawling, Westernized mythos of The Hitcher and feels, in the end, like a previously owned nightmare sorely in need of a new universal hell joint."

External links

• Highwaymen at IMDb
• Highwaymen at Rotten Tomatoes
• Highwaymen at Box Office Mojo