Synopsis
A passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. Unsuspectingly, he finds himself drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue: he becomes obsessed with the woman, the crime, her possibly notorious past, and the disturbing complexity between art and truth. From the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina to Verona, Rome, and London, new truths are revealed and clues to other crimes and passions, darker and even more complex, are uncovered.
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Cast
- Tygh RunyanMitchell Haven
- Dominique SwainNathalie Post
- Shannyn SossamonLaurel Graham / Velma Duran
- Cliff DeYoungCary Stewart / Rafe Taschen
- John DiehlBobby Billings
- Waylon PayneBruno Brotherton
- Rob KolarSteve Gales (as Robert Kolar)
- Nic PaulJohnny Laidlaw
- Fabio TestiNestor Duran
- Mallory CulbertMallory
Recommandations
- 83
The A.V. Club
The tone and subject at times recall David Lynch's "Lost Highway" and "Mulholland Dr.," but the approach is Hellman's own. - 80
Variety
Monte Hellman's first feature film in 21 years is one of his finest and deepest, a twin peak to his 1971 masterpiece, "Two Lane Blacktop." - 70
The New York Times
If Mr. Hellman's movie only partly fulfills its promise as a gripping neo-noir mystery, his stylistic hallmarks lend it a singularly haunting atmosphere. - 63
Slant Magazine
The script is busy and unconvincing, and much of the acting is lousy, but there are haunting touches. - 60
Time Out
Calling Road to Nowhere a noir is like referring to Hellman's cult classic "Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971) as a road movie: Technically correct genre assignations hardly do justice to either work's existential ennui and elliptical, Euro-jagged style. - 60
New York Daily News
The biggest flaw is the casting: only Shannyn Sossamon delivers a performance of even modest depth. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Audiences can either fight it, trying to make sense of the shaky plot, or flow along with the film's languid, doomed romance accompanied by the southern poetics of singer-songwriter Tom Russell. - 40
Boxoffice Magazine
Fans of the filmmaker should thrill at the prospect of a new project, but the film's lackadaisical pacing and preoccupation with pulling the rug out from under the audience.
