A runaway and a fugitive walk into a car—nobody walks out the same.
A 16-year-old runaway enlists a fugitive drifter to take her on a cross-country journey to meet the father she's never known.
Acting
Fuhrman and Henderson's prickly chemistry carries every mile.
Cinematography
Highways that look like scars across empty land.
Writing
Dialogue that trusts silence over exposition.
Director
Tjardus Greidanus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tjardus Greidanus directed the 1990s cult classic 'The Prodigal' before vanishing into indie obscurity—this is his return after 25 years.
The title 'Hellbent' references both Danni's determination and the Western trope of 'riding hell-bent for leather'—speeding toward inevitable destruction.
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