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When I first saw the hitchhiker at the beginning of the movie I thought, 'oh, cool. Dave Grohl is taking some time away from Foo Fighters and branching out into acting. I wish it had been the rock band's frontman. He could've been the secret axe murderer who is found out near the end is killing everyone with an electric guitar. The actor that actually played the drifter was a yawn at best. One dimensional. His character needed layers and wasn't given any. Not much onion to peel back.

Carmichael played the lead character and was able to give the role some texture. Once you get past the notion that this movie isn't a low budget T&A horror flick (no money in the budget for T&A), you then immerse yourself into what Carmichael's character is undertaking in her current adventure.

It didn't seem as if the LEOs (law enforcement officers) knew any cop procedures. I've watched countless hours of cop video on YouTube and these "TV" cops didn't seem realistic. I've watched perps fight with cops as handcuffs are being put on them. Sometimes it takes three or more cops to get cuffs on the criminal, even females.

Finally, I want to say the waitress gives the most authentic scream I've heard in a long time in a horror/thriller flick. Kudos to her.

I have watched this movie about a dozen times. It still moves me to watch how two brothers from a terrible upbringing manage to grow up and how their lives were shaped from the different paths taken.

There's only one small gripe I have and that's with editing of scenes. When Tommy first sees his dad again and they go inside his dad's house. The conversation is kind of choppy because in one angle Tommy has already sat down in the Lazy Boy and cut to him back standing up talking to his dad. I've rented this movie and finally bought a copy (actually 2) and for a movie that was nominated (and won, I believe) best editing, I'm disappointed that this scene was put together badly. This detail is a minor distraction and the movie plot doesn't suffer because of it.