Highwaymen is a 2004 action thriller film directed by Robert Harmon. An American-Canadian production, it stars Jim Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, Frankie Faison, and Colm Feore. The score was composed by Mark Isham. The film was released on 13 February 2004.
Plot
A man named Rennie Cray is motivated by revenge to track down and kill the man who ran over his wife, a serial killer immobilized by the man himself. The killer uses a wheelchair. He drives a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado to stalk and kill his victims in car accidents. When the serial killer makes a young woman his next target, the man has to stop the killer once and for all.
Cast
Jim Caviezel as Renford James "Rennie" Cray
Rhona Mitra as Molly Poole
Colm Feore as Fargo
Gordon Currie as Ray Boone
Frankie Faison as Will Macklin
Andrea Roth as Alex Farrow
Noam Jenkins as Kelt
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 13% based on , with a weighted average rating of 3.2/10.
Anna Smith from Empire gave the film 2/5 stars, writing, "Both the well-choreographed crash scenes and the gritty cinematography hint at a better film. Shame no-one took the time to make it." Jamie Russell from BBC awarded the film 1/5 stars, calling it "a five-lane pileup on the freeway to hell". Mark Savlov from Austin Chronicle gave the film 2/5 stars, stating that the film "lacks the sprawling, Westernized mythos of The Hitcher and feels, in the end, like a previously owned nightmare sorely in need of a new universal hell joint."