Bone Dry (2007)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Brett A. Hart

Writers:

Brett A. Hart (writer)
Jeff O'Brien (writer)

Release Date:

2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Some secrets won't stay buried.

Plot:

Eddie finds himself being forced at a gunpoint, by an unseen assailant, on a dark and brutal journey through the harsh terrain of the Mojave desert...

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Luke Goss	...	Eddie
Lance Henriksen	...	Jimmy
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Mitch
Dee Wallace	...	Joanne (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Jennifer Siebel	...	Wife
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carl Buffington	...	Marty
Richard Larsen	...	Cook
Julia Self	...	Connie
Chad Stalcup	...	Price
Hudson Thames	...	Son

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

Greece:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | New Zealand:R16 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Alianza Films International

Quotes:

Jimmy: [during a minor sandstorm] It's time we had a face to face.
Eddie: That's a good idea, Jimmy!
Jimmy: You look like road kill.

respect the desert...

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Eddie finds himself being forced at a gunpoint, by an unseen assailant, on a dark and brutal journey through the harsh terrain of the Mojave desert.

His nemesis is Jimmy, a man with an aberrant agenda; armed with a rifle, a scope, walkie- talkies and a truck, he has organised a series of ambushes and mantraps designed to push Eddie to the limits of his humanity and beyond....

from the very upstart, you know that there is something suspicious about Goss's character, as soon as he leaves the diner, you know things will not bode well for him.

anyone who watches movies will know by about six minutes in Eddie has done something to upset Jimmy, and boy, does he do some torture.

the film is very claustrophobic and sometimes makes the viewer feel arrid, but there is also a sense of Deja vu' throughout.

Henriksen is great as jimmy, but one cannot help but feel he is reprising his roles from Hard Target and Near Dark respectively, but Goss does play his role well, even if it is just to walk around the desert spluttering mundane lines to Henriksen via walkie talkie.

there is a pointless subplot involving drug runners, which has no point whatsoever, but it is still worth a watch.

imagine a cross between Hard Target, Seraphim Falls, with a little bit of the Hitcher thrown in for good measure, and your almost there.

my only other gripe with the movie is that you are just waiting for the inevitable twist, which is no surprise.

still worth a watch though for the scenery and the two leads.