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Roadkill (2011)

2011 • 1h 28m • Horror, TV Movie • R
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John Chard on Roadkill

3/10 · Jul 3, 2014

Roadkill is a made-for-TV movie directed by Johannes Roberts and written by Rick Suvalle. The cast includes Oliver James, Eliza Bennett, Kacey Barnfield, Ned Dennehy, Diarmuid Noyes, Roisin Murphy, and Eve Macklin. Ray Harman composed the music, and Peter Robertson handled the cinematography. A group of young people on a road trip across Ireland in an RV make a stop at a shop selling odds and ends. An argument with one of the store’s elderly owners leads to them speeding off and accidentally hitting an older Romany woman with their vehicle. As they try to help her, she dies while uttering a curse upon those responsible for her death… It doesn't often happen that you find a made-for-TV movie that truly grabs your attention and keeps it throughout, but sadly Roadkill isn’t one of them. Having modest expectations is always helpful with these kinds of productions; they are typically put together by up-and-coming directors who are just pleased to have their film shown on the SyFy channel, but there's not much here worth mentioning. The movie does benefit from Ned Dennehy’s presence, as he consistently delivers entertaining portrayals of unpleasant characters, and Stephen Rea even makes a brief appearance. However, it's clear that both actors are just taking whatever work they can get. The group of attractive young people is the standard assortment of good-looking bodies, along with the stereotypical dumb character who frequently says "dude," all destined to be eliminated one by one by a rather poorly rendered CGI creature from Sinbad stories. Will anyone make it out alive? What’s the story behind the medallion that Dennehy’s rough group is so eager to retrieve? The answers to these questions form the basis of the plot, resulting in an unintentionally humorous scene where the “main female character” briefly resembles Chuck Norris. While the acting isn't terrible and having some authentic Irish scenery as a backdrop for a story set in Ireland is pleasant, it all feels like unimportant programming meant to fill airtime – and uninspired filler at that. 3/10

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