Road Games (1981)
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Synopsis
A laid-back American truck driver in south Australia suspects a man with a green van of killing young women along his route, and becomes embroiled in a game of cat-and-mouse to catch him.
Cast
- Stacy Keach
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Marion Edward
- Grant Page
- Thaddeus Smith
- Bill Stacey
- Stephen Millichamp
- Alan Hopgood
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- May 11, 2014
REAR WINDSHIELD
matt lynchApr 30, 2022You may be cool, but you'll never be Stacey Keach and his pet dingo driving around the Australian outback picking up beautiful hitchhikers and hunting a serial killer in a truck full of pig carcasses cool.
CinemaVoid 🏴☠️Apr 5, 2020First time watch for me. I remember some of my friends being disappointed in it because it was wrongly marketed as a slasher. Very interesting to finally see it and realize how wrongly marketed the film actually was. It's a Hitchcockian thriller with Down Under style…
Sean Baker - May 11, 2017
There's obvious homage to Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window in Richard Franklin's Roadgames. The protagonist with an overactive imagination, and a lot of idle time spent by himself, may or may not have witnessed a brutal murder. Also, I like to compare Stacy Keach's Pat Quid…
Todd GainesOct 26, 2022The poster for this movie has been one of those I've seen constantly here on Letterboxd, so I couldn't help but be curious and finally see this movie knowing very little about it. In many ways, it's a less scary and funnier version of The Hitcher, with Stacy Keach doing…
Rafael "Mister Movie" JovineOct 19, 2022Stacey Keach and his dingo haul meat across Australia, whiling away the hours playing car classics such as "I Spy", "Punch-buggy" and "being stalked by a serial killer." Also features Jamie Lee Curtis as yet ANOTHER extremely hot hitch-hiker! You better believe I was loving…
Will Menaker - Mar 11, 2023
all three stars are for the dog because he was the bestest boy
haleyDec 19, 2022Richard Franklin's Roadgames is effectively Rear Window on wheels. An open road narrative that owes a huge debt to Hitchcock's seminal classic. Stacey Keach stars as Pat Quid, a cultured truck driver with a pet dingo who comes to believe that he's sharing the road with a…
Slig001Oct 7, 2014The best Hitchcock homage I've seen, because instead of simply reusing the same images and themes it updates the story into something more modern. The "slasher" genre is made quaint, horror blended with humor and the power of suggestion used instead of blatant gore. The…
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- GENAI likedRoadgames
This was so interesting and weird and quirky and fun it was honestly such a crazy ride. Pretty much everyone was pissing me tf off except our main leads, and I think this is one of my favorite Jamie Lee performances! Plot was a lil confusing and convoluted but I’m satisfied.
mason williams likedRoadgamesA man driving a truck through Australia with his dingo named Boswell seeing rear window type murder mysteries. Sign me up
Luca Tosti likedRoadgames6/19
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Metacritic
One terrific moment in which Pat sees what he believes are the killer's shoes underneath a toilet stall door and berates him while Pamela climbs into the green van outside is reminiscent of another scene that arrived years later and was also labelled Hitchcockian – the footsteps down the hallway confrontation in the Coen brothers' No Country For Old Men.
Luke Buckmaster
The Guardian
Stacy Keach engages in highway warfare in Road Games, an Australian thriller that drums up suspense from its assured plotting and direction, and generates humor from its star’s charismatic lead performance...Taut all the way through to its well-staged finale, it’s a superior genre import—and one that also features, in Quid’s silent travel partner Boswell, the finest big-screen performance ever by a dingo.
Nick Schager
The A.V. Club
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Road Games (1981)?
The movie is 1hr 41min long.
What's Road Games (1981) about?
A laid-back American truck driver in south Australia suspects a man with a green van of killing young women along his route, and becomes embroiled in a game of cat-and-mouse to catch him.
Who's the cast of Road Games (1981)?
- Stacy Keach as Patrick "Pat" Quid
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Pamela "Hitch" Rushworth
- Marion Edward as Madeleine "Frita" Day
- Grant Page as Smith
- Thaddeus Smith as Policeman "Abott"
- Bill Stacey as Capt. Careful
- Stephen Millichamp as Policeman "Costello"
- Alan Hopgood as Lester
Who's the director behind Road Games (1981)?
Richard Franklin directed Road Games (1981).
Who produced Road Games (1981)?
Barbi Taylor and Richard Franklin produced Road Games (1981).
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