As I suspected, a re-watch of "Highway 61" starring Don McKellar, directed by Bruce McDonald, and penned by McKellar, McDonald, and Alan Magee proved a (slight) disappointment. I had previously only seen it once, unlike "Roadkill", also written by McKellar and McDonald, and one of the finest pieces of low-budget gonzo film-making around. "Highway 61" has a fun script, with some terrific lines, a fantastic first few scenes, and some delightfully surreal, deliberately campy moments. Still, the film feels like "Roadkill" on a bigger budget with a quarter of the charm. McKellar is great and the movie is a nice alternative to most of the road movies out there, it doesn't match the other two parts of McDonald's 'road trilogy', but since I believe those two to be two of the best films ever made, that is hardly a major point of criticism.
Review of Highway 61
