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Seen it before!

PLOT

Detour starts off with two women driving and planning their wedding. They’re quickly dispatched by a group of rednecks in the woods. The movie then jumps to the day after a rave in the desert where a group of young college kids are heading home. There’s the guy in baggy jeans, the two bimbos, the goth girl, the perfect couple and the driver. They climb in the motor home and stop for gas where one guy claims he sees someone watching him in the bathroom. They take a shortcut because they‘re planning on stopping off and picking up some peyote, the rednecks attack and of course people start dying.

THOUGHTS

The problem with Detour is that it’s all been done before. It’s a rehash of The Hills Have Eyes combined with a few other movies and none of the kill scenes are even remotely original. The other problem is that the acting is really bad and I mean really bad, even for a straight to DVD horror movie. I spent a lot of the movie just watching and rolling my eyes. At the same time though, Detour actually wasn’t that bad. I found myself laughing a few times and even liking a few of the characters. It was a lot more than I ever expected.

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