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It was supposed to be an overnight roadtrip into a new life for Siri
(Najarra Townsend) and her daughter Eve (Gwyneth Glover), but then Siri
almost hits somebody (or something), her car breaks down in the middle of
nowhere and Eve is gone. And she starts to distrust the hitchhiker she has
picked up at the last gas station, Iris (Leah Lauren). What's more, the
two women are stuck in the car for the most time as there's someone or
something totally malicious roaming the area. On top of that, Siri
repeatedly slips out of consciousness and into a nightmare world full of
blood and violence. But at least she finds her daughter again - which
might not even be such a good thing, as there's something wrong with the
girl, and Siri thinks Iris wants to kill her. And things go strictly
downhill from there ... Now above synopsis doesn't do The
Darkness of the Road much justice, as the film, rather than playing it
straight/chronological, uses different layers of reality to paint its
picture, takes an associative approach to storytelling, refuses to explain
things away, and basically follows the logic of a nightmare - and that
works very well, thanks to a cleverly structured script, an atmospheric
directorial approach that doesn't shy away from keeping things in the
dark, and two leads that manage to remain relatable through all the
craziness going on, all making this a very unusual but highly watchable
genre film.-
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