Dead End Drive-In Reviews

Okay, first of all who the hell is that guy on the poster? I don't remember seeing him in the movie. Is he there to insinuate that this is a scary teen-horror flick? If so, that's some damn false advertising right there.

Anyhoo, I thought this movie would deliver some late-night popcorn fun, but not much happens in this post-apocalyptic world. It's kind of like a group of prepubescent teens did a remake of The Road Warrior at a drive-in. The lead character is a scrawny wimp who never really becomes the hero you expect him to be (kind of like Sharlto Copely in District 9). Instead he just wanders around, gets into mild confrontations, and pisses and moans about being stuck at the drive-in.

The final fifteen minutes features some great car chases and explosions but it's really too little, too late. The guy even leaves his hot girlfriend (she looks like a younger, hotter Lucy Lawless) behind, instant face palm!

The premise has promise, but this parable gets sidetracked with unnecessary, just-short-of-random chase scenes and overly stereotypical characters. Perversely, the less central the character, the better the acting in this flick. And this movie actually gets worse when you listen to the director's commentary. The director is quite self-congratulatory about the deep insights he has about the haves, the media, racism, and 1980s teenage culture. Unfortunately the movie skips all of its chances to explore intelligent what-if scenarios and settles for trivial sex and boring violence.