Detour
2016 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Law student and all round good guy, Harper, suspects that his scheming step-father, Vincent, is responsible for the car crash that sent his mother into a coma. Drowning his sorrows one evening in a seedy L.A whiskey bar, Harper is interrupted by a tough looking redneck called Johnny Ray who offers to 'take care' of his step-dad for the cool sum of US$20,000. Angry, intent on revenge and fuelled by alcohol, Harper agrees to the deal and spends the rest of his evening downing shots with Johnny Ray. The next morning, Harper awakes to the mother of all hangovers with hazy memory of the previous night's events. Answering a knock at the front door, he is surprised to find Johnny Ray and his beautiful but distant girlfriend, Cherry, ready and waiting to drive to Vegas to kill Vincent. Harper's claims that he was drunk and didn't know what he was doing mean nothing to Johnny Ray who is more threatening than ever in the cold light of day. Harper quickly realises that there is no easy way out; ...
Direction Christopher Smith
Cast Tye Sheridan · Bel Powley · Emory Cohen · Stephen Moyer · Gbenga Akinnagbe · Sibongile Mlambo · John Lynch · Jenna Saras · Nick Boraine · Jared Abrahamson · Francis Chouler · Nic Rasenti · Daniel Fox · Reine Swart · Joe Vaz · Dylan Edy
Soundtrack Pablo Clements · James Griffith · Toydrum
Screenplay Christopher Smith
Cinematography Christopher Ross
Original title Detour
5.8
326 votes (FilmAffinity)
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