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23/08/1996 Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Drama 1h 44m
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Her life is no fairy tale.

Overview

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

  1. Matthew Bright

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Kiefer Sutherland

    Bob Wolverton

  2. Reese Witherspoon

    Vanessa Lutz

  3. Wolfgang Bodison

    Detective Breer

  4. Dan Hedaya

    Detective Wallace

  5. Amanda Plummer

    Ramona Lutz

  6. Brooke Shields

    Mrs. Wolverton

  7. Michael T. Weiss

    Larry

  8. Bokeem Woodbine

    Chopper

  9. Guillermo Díaz

    Flacco

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2026-03-04
**_Vulgar, violent, darkly satirical updating of Lil’ Red Riding Hood_**

I’ve seen two of writer/director Matthew Bright’s movies before seeing this: The enlightening and moving “Dark Angel: The Ascent” from two years earlier and the well-done “Ted Bundy” from six years later. (He wrote the former and wrote/directed the latter). With “Freeway” he had way more money in which to work and it could’ve been his ticket to a bigtime filmmaker, yet it bombed at the box office. However, critics tended to laud it (Siskel & Ebert, for instance, gave it a ‘thumbs up’); and it w...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,100,000.00

Revenue
$295,493.00

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