A mesmerising short thriller from the director of 1986's even more remarkable "The Hitcher". Set in a beautiful vast desert just like the Hitcher, this kept me enthralled from beginning to end. I believe that to make a movie villain watchable, he has to have a strong sense of mystery which Charles Napier as Donnelly, the psycho cop, has in spades. I'd say he is almost on a par with Rutger Hauer in the Hitcher who to me was the scariest and most beguiling "bad guy" I have ever seen in all my 37 years on this earth! I really do not understand why most modern movies do not take this approach - modern movie bad guys lack charisma so much, they are all young and cute no grit and the movies are soulless. No thanks. I'll stick to watching these types! I highly recommend this to horror fans old and young!
Review of China Lake
