Matthew
Bright’s wild Freeway played like a crazy modernized version of Little Red
Riding Hood. This one is more like
Hansel and Gretel. It’s not as
consistently entertaining as the original, but it still has that same batshit
insane DNA running through its veins.
White
Girl (Natasha Lyonne) and her serial killer cellmate Cyclona (Maria Celedonio)
escape from juvie and head to Mexico. Along
the way, Cyclona goes off her meds and kills a bunch of people. They’re kind of like Hansel and Gretel, only instead
of leaving a trail of breadcrumbs, they leave a trail of crack. Some crackheads come along and steal the
crack rocks and our heroines wind up getting lost in the woods. Eventually they wind up in Tijuana where they
meet the nun (Vincent Gallo) who raised Cyclona. The girls realize all too late that the
sister is actually a demented cannibal pedophile.
Bright
only made a handful of films, which is unfortunate because every one of them I
have seen has been unique, unpredictable, and kinda crazy. Even this one, which isn’t exactly great has
its moments of inspired weirdness. (The
first twenty minutes has more scenes of bulimic girls puking than you can shake
a stick at.) It’s not a patch on the
original, but there’s enough craziness here to make me kind of wish Bright made
another sequel.
Gallo
turns in one of his weirdest performances.
He dials his trademark arrogant persona way down, which sort of works
against him. It’s certainly something to
see, but his half of the movie is easily the weakest. It’s definitely more fun when Lyonne and Celedonio
are on the run. The supporting cast,
which include David Alan Grier as Lyonne’s lawyer and John Landis as an
incredulous judge are a lot of fun though.
Fun
Fact #1: According to IMDb, this was
originally going to be directed by Doris Wishman, which would’ve been…
something.
Fun
Fact #2: George Erschbamer, director of
the Snake Eater trilogy, was the second unit director.
AKA: Freeway 2:
Highway to Hell. AKA: Trickbaby (Freeway 2).
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