Road Kill

"Guns don't kill people. She does."

May 28 1999 R 1h 29m
Action, Comedy, Crime

Alex is the film student forced by his college professor to stop making Jackie Chan "homage" films and make "something from the heart" in order to graduate. Lars is the painting student and Alex's roommate who is looking for a way to become a tortured artist... as long as he can keep his BMW and American Express Gold Card. Together, they meet Blue, who has recently moved into their apartment building. After discovering that she's a "hit woman," Alex appeals to her senses as a film fan and persuades her to let him film a documentary on her last "hit." As Alex becomes increasingly blinded by his obsession with capturing his documentary he risks everything and everyone, by convincing Blue to travel to New Orleans to find her foster father. Will they get back to LA in one piece... or will they become... Road Kill?

Plot

Film student, Alex and his roommate, art student, Lars, meet a young woman, named Blue, who's recently become a tenant in their building, with a niche profession; she's a hired assasin. Alex musters the courage to ask her to let him film a documentary on her most recent contract. After Blue agrees, she tells of a hit she has, coming up in Miami, to which she'll drive to and back from. As Alex' interviews continue, she talks of her troubled past; as a child , she lived with a foster father who sexually abused her, unitl she ran away. Alex becomes increasingly blinded by his documentary and subject; and risks everything and everyone, by convincing Blue to make a stop in New Orleans and find the man who had such a traumatic, destructive impact on her psyche and self; her former foster parent/rapist. Will the pair be able to drive back home to LA in one piece, or will they become Road Kill themselves...

Written by

Matthew Leutwyler, Peter Rudy

Directed by

Matthew Leutwyler

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

RicMar Productions, Roadkill Productions, Faultline Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins

Scores
# of Votes
306
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA