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      Octane

      R Released May 16, 2003 1h 30m Mystery & Thriller List
      17% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 23% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score After a family visit, stressed businesswoman Senga Wilson (Madeleine Stowe) is driving with her rebellious daughter, Nat (Mischa Barton), down an ominous highway in the middle of the night. After they pick up a weird teenage hitchhiker (Bijou Phillips), their journey goes awry. Nat decides to give her mom the slip and runs off with the hitchhiker at a rest stop. In a desperate search to find her daughter, Senga learns that Nat has been drawn into an evil cult. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Sometimes called Octane or Pulse for some reason, neither of the titles fit this movie one bit. You would expect something interesting and thrilling with either of those titles, instead you get a bumbling slow moving plot which is boring and never interesting. A mother and daughter are driving around and pick up a young woman hitchhiker. Eventually, the daughter gets abducted by a cult and the mother tries to get her back. Also stars Norman Reedus as the tow truck driver who enlists help to get her daughter back. Not worth watching. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member And what did I just watched...? Anyone? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Just kind of weird..... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't know what weird David Lynchian film I ended up watching, but it was immensely terrible. Horrible characters, story, directing. It's an art film masquerading as a thriller, but this art is dime store kitsch. I will say that the only scene worthwhile was Mischa Barton getting a navel piercing. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member omg i luv this movie... the guy is so cute the one that killed the girls father... yal shuld c it... omg its lk the best thing... but there is sorta lk a lot of blood in this movie... <333 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member All in all this is rather dull. Mum tries to rescue her abducted daughter from a blood drinking murdering cult. I get the idea it was supposed to be cool and trendy but, as I've already said, it ended up being rather dull Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Critics Reviews

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      Empire Magazine Rated: 2/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Jamie Russell BBC.com Rated: 1/5 Apr 3, 2004 Full Review Josh Bell Las Vegas Weekly Once you scratch the surface, there's nothing underneath. Sep 29, 2004 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...the film's storyline is hopelessly convoluted and dull. Rated: 1.5/4 Aug 5, 2004 Full Review Anton Bitel Movie Gazette Rated: 6/10 Apr 3, 2004 Full Review Brian Mckay eFilmCritic.com Starts as a pretty effective little thriller in the 'Road Trip turns deadly' vein -- and then takes a hard left turn into a field full of stupid. Rated: 2.5/5 Mar 29, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis After a family visit, stressed businesswoman Senga Wilson (Madeleine Stowe) is driving with her rebellious daughter, Nat (Mischa Barton), down an ominous highway in the middle of the night. After they pick up a weird teenage hitchhiker (Bijou Phillips), their journey goes awry. Nat decides to give her mom the slip and runs off with the hitchhiker at a rest stop. In a desperate search to find her daughter, Senga learns that Nat has been drawn into an evil cult.
      Director
      Marcus Adams
      Screenwriter
      Stephen Volk
      Distributor
      Buena Vista Pictures
      Production Co
      Delux Productions
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      May 16, 2003, Wide
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jul 20, 2004
      Runtime
      1h 30m
      Sound Mix
      Surround