Summary: Ray (Timothy Busfield) and his son Logan (Brendan Fletcher) are in charge of a desolated desert truck stop just outside of Area 51. There are some tensions between father and son over the death of a loved wife and mother some time ago or some stupid crap like that and they are still pissed at each other. Hope (Brenda Bakke) runs a hiking service nearby and is heading home after picking up some clients that include ex-Air Force officer Thad (Roman Podhora) and his sarcastic teen daughter Abby (Amy Stewart) who totally bugs, when they are unexpectedly attacked by a large truck with no driver. Also, there is some fat guy with them that nobody seems to like who reminds us of Wilford Brimley so we think he is interesting. On his way to help, Ray is harassed by another truck whose driver he can't see, who nearly runs him off the road. Also, two agents that are sent to clean up an air pollution disaster get attacked by one of their blow-up suits, which hacks them to death with an axe. Best Scene: A mailman is completing his route when he notices the sound of broken glass. Looking back, he sees a remote-controlled truck has broken through a glass door and is stalking him. The mailman gets rammed repeatedly in the leg before falling under the incessant beating, only to get his head bashed in, spraying blood and gore in a comical fashion.
Ray and the others return to the truck stop only to find several semi-trucks circling the area, trapping helpless victims inside. Some of the people attempt to escape, only to be smushed by the rampaging trucks. Ray finds that the trucks try to kill the other people, but back off when he walks between them. He realizes that the trucks need him to "feed" them with gas, so he does so, to the consternation of the viewers, because we have no clue why he is doing this. Sadly enough, two rednecks decide to play with Molotov cocktails and they blow up. At night, Thad and Abby head for the government base at Area 51 to find a way out, while the others hide in the woods, and have some useless dialogue. The next morning, Ray, Hope, and Logan are picked up and flown away by a helicopter containing no pilot that talks to them and makes the viewer ashamed to be watching the movie. |
