I’m almost positive that young drivers would be less likely to drink and drive if they knew it could end even worse than what you were told in driver’s education. Even better yet, Hit and Run takes place in upper New Jersey. Could you imagine some guidette sitting in driver’s education and the teacher ending the lecture with, “because you will hit someone, get them stuck to your bumper, and he WILL kill you?” My driver’s education teacher was arrested for a DUI about a month after I completed the course, so it is possible that weird stuff like that could happen.
Hit and Run starts with a young woman leaving a party. She’s slightly intoxicated, but decides against her better judgment and drives home anyway. On her way home, it starts to storm, which causes her to lose control of the car. After a small accident with some trees she heads home only to discover that a body is stuck to the bumper of her car. After disposing of the body, she goes home and confesses to her redneck wannabe boyfriend and pet parrot, both of whom give her little to no sympathy. Then she starts noticing things in her apartment aren’t as they should be, forcing her to believe that she is being stalked. Is it the man she hit with her car or just the overwhelming panic attacks she seems prone to? I mean, ok, obviously it’s the guy she hit with her car… Instead of going to the police and confessing to save herself, she decides to ignore the killer’s warning – and it all comes to head one night when the killer tries to make her switch places with him and relive the accident. Strap yourself in and see how this movie unfolds!
The one thing I liked about Hit and Run the most was whoever played the role of the killer. He did a convincing job of being crazy, especially with his painful man screams. I believe he was most convincing because of the make up department. The injuries he sustained looked real and, more importantly, did not vanish during the course of the movie. I enjoyed his performance far more than the lead actress, Laura Breckenridge. Even though she did have a hilarious line in the film that made me laugh out loud. However, I wasn’t really rooting for her throughout the whole movie. There aren’t very many characters in Hit and Run so it’s kind of hard to find someone that draws you in and makes you feel for them. It does have decent gore scenes, and that could be something to root for…?
Produced on a budget of $3,500,000, Hit and Run lasts 84 minutes, which translates into 1 hour and 24 minutes. Its scenes are evenly placed so that the viewer will stay interested as new developments happen. While there is a lot of predictability present here, there are two or three times when I was honestly not expecting the outcome on screen. One scene especially had the “WTF?” reaction. So, I really enjoyed Hit and Run. I would suggest it mostly to fans who crave films like Joy Ride and Rest Stop. Check it out if you get the chance.
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