Rachel is a divorced single mother whose bad day gets even worse. She's running late to drop her son off at school when she honks her horn impatiently at a fellow driver during rush-hour traffic. After an exchange of words, she soon realizes that the mysterious man is following her and her young son in his truck. A case of road rage quickly escalates, at horrifyingly psychotic proportions, into full-blown terror as Rachel discovers the psychopath's sinister plan for revenge. He is single-mindedly determined to teach her a deadly lesson.
Acting
Crowe's terrifying physicality and barely contained fury.
Direction
Relentless tension that refuses to let you breathe.
Practical Effects
Chaotic, visceral car stunts that feel dangerously real.
Director
Derrick Borte
Russell Crowe
Man (Tom Cooper)
Caren Pistorius
Rachel Flynn
Gabriel Bateman
Kyle Flynn
Jimmi Simpson
Andy
Austin P. McKenzie
Fred
Juliene Joyner
Mary
Stephen Louis Grush
Leo
Anne Leighton
Deborah Haskell
Michael Papajohn
Homer
Lucy Faust
Rosie
Devyn A. Tyler
Mrs. Ayers
Samantha Beaulieu
Cashier
Sylvia Grace Crim
Teacher
Gretchen Koerner
Neighbor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Crowe gained over 50 pounds for the role and insisted on doing his own driving stunts. The production used real traffic on closed Louisiana highways.
Released during pandemic-era theater reopenings, it became a weird symbol of pent-up collective rage. Crowe later called it his 'most fun' role in years.
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