Synopsis
Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin takes a short cut and comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken but unhurt; the other has been killed instantly. Beside the dead body is a briefcase full of money, which Colin turns in to the local police. But getting out of town proves a nightmare, as Colin's good deed causes a series of bizarre events to unfold.
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Cast
- Jason ClarkeFrank
- Emma BoothJina
- David LyonsColin
- Travis McMahonCharlie
- Vince ColosimoSam
- Roy BillingGood Samaritan
- Greg StonePublican
- Chris HaywoodArmstrong
- Robert MammoneLogan
- Andy AndersonAmbulance Officer
Recommendations
- 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Craig Lahiff’s feisty genre outing is a neat surprise. - 70
Variety
Packs enough pace, suspense and quality thesping to overcome some minor plot wobbles. - 63
Slant Magazine
A confident and exciting genre film, and that's certainly not nothing, but it has a slight impersonality that marks it as either a calling card or a work for hire. - 60
Time Out
There are a few too many twists on this highway. - 60
The Dissolve
Driven by Paul Grabowsky’s deceptively jaunty score, Swerve is ably performed and tightly paced... But it doesn’t stick the landing. - 50
New York Post
The film strains credulity as it hurtles toward its conclusion. - 40
Village Voice
The photogenic cast's looks far exceed their featureless performances, and any mood of sunshiny malevolence is undercut by too many studied directorial compositions. - 40
The New York Times
The fatalities and clichés escalate, as the wife plays the femme fatale, and the men run circles around one another amid the dust, blood and some tonally off, ill-conceived cutesiness.
