Octane

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Octane

R

2003

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

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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.

Josh Bell

Las Vegas Weekly

09/29/2004

Once you scratch the surface, there's nothing underneath.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

08/05/2004

1.5/4

...the film's storyline is hopelessly convoluted and dull.

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Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

03/29/2004

2.5/5

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.

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Nesrin U

Jun 19

Boring ,that 's absurd 🤮

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03/03/2014

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.

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12/18/2013

And what did I just watched...? Anyone?

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10/23/2013

Just kind of weird.....

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01/22/2013

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.

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12/01/2012

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

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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
Producer: Alistair Maclean-Clark, Basil Stephens
Screenwriter: Stephen Volk
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Delux Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 2003, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Jul 20, 2004
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround