On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas and are forced off the road by a motorcycle gang. The passengers then take refuge in an abandoned scrap yard. When their defense against the gang weakens and their numbers dwindle they must do the unthinkable go on the offense.
Acting
Lea Thompson goes full action mom and honestly? Iconic.
Practical Effects
Deliciously messy junkyard stunts before CGI ruined everything.
Production
That scrap yard set is giving 'we found this location and wrote around it.'
Director
Scott Ziehl
Desmond Harrington
Sam Cutter
Lea Thompson
Maudie McMinn
Julie Mond
Merideth Cole
Alice Greczyn
Annabel
Fred Ward
Sgt. Archie Sparks
Gregory Jbara
Jerry Yarbro
David Rees Snell
Danny Gunn
Kelli Dawn Hancock
Desiree
Asante Jones
Sheriff Tom Jasper
Denise Lee
Louella Burton
Everett Sifuentes
Mr. Vargas
Nick Sowell
Duke
Roy Samuelson
Vic Towbridge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Scott Ziehl mostly did straight-to-video sequels including Cruel Intentions 2, making this his 'prestige' original.
This was part of a brief 2008 wave of 'Die Hard but Christmas' knockoffs trying to capture that holiday action magic.
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