Dead Ahead

April. 17,1996      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A family's camping trip turns into a nightmare when a gang of bank robbers forces the son to guide them through the wilderness to a secret airstrip. Armed only with a hunting bow, the boy's mother, who is a skilled archer and survivalist, tracks the men, determined to do anything to rescue her son.

Stephanie Zimbalist as  Maura Loch
Sarah Chalke as  Heather Loch
Brendan Fletcher as  Doug Loch
Tom Butler as  Bryan Loch
John Tench as  Anthony
Michael Tayles as  Simon
Douglas Arthurs as  Charlie
Andrew Airlie as  Dennis Chapman
Peter Onorati as  Frank Cacey
Nathaniel DeVeaux as  Sheriff Warren Easter

Reviews

Inclubabu
1996/04/17

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

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Matrixiole
1996/04/18

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

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Connianatu
1996/04/19

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

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Humaira Grant
1996/04/20

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Theo Robertson
1996/04/21

The TV page of the newspaper described this as " Action drama . When a gang of bank robbers take a boy hostage his mother armed with a bow and arrow is determined to stop them " Wow I thought I was going to be watching a TVM unlike I`d never seen before with Rambolina turning lowlife scumbags into human pin cushions . Unfortunately DEAD AHEAD ( Sounds very like a maritime type title doesn`t it ? ) is basically like every other TVM you`ve seen with tedious sequences of Mom lecuturing her kids on work ethic . This might have been improved if it was one of those cheap to video films because much of the unrealism stems from the bad guys saying things like " Shut the hell up " and " What the heck are doing ? Playing with your zip ? ". As much as I disliked it CROCODILE 2 DEATH SWAMP at least had the gang of bank robbers swearing and that`s always going to be the problem with this type of film - Children are abducted , people die but everyone minds their language

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helpless_dancer
1996/04/22

Remake of a rehash of a remake. Ridiculous, completely predictable, not to mention totally unbelievable yarn dealing with 4 bank robbers who kidnap a young boy in order to locate a point in unknown territory. Of course, the parents, armed only with bows and arrows, go after junior in a heroic, but dumb, effort to recapture the kid. Why they never picked up one of the thugs guns when presented the opportunity is way beyond me. And believe me these criminals were stupider than Moe, Shimp, and Larry. I doubt they could have knocked over a lemonade stand and gotten away....maybe one brain could have been rounded up among the four. All this negative opinionating doesn't mean I didn't like the tale: it was exciting and the scenery was something else. It reminded me of "River Wild", only not nearly as good.

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