Lost Junction starts out with a man and his broken down car, then a woman who never leaves town drives past to aid his rescue, she takes him home and lets him stay in her house, but of course before she goes to 'feed the ducks'. Keep in mind, this guy is a complete stranger, and this gal has some pretty old fashioned beliefs. But, lucky for her he ain't some homicidal maniac searching for his next victim.So the movie is all perfectly innocent to begin with, however if you are good at reading body language, you'll learn there is something strange and dissatisfying going on.Anyway, the story goes on, the man eventually leaves after over welcoming his stay (in my opinion anyway), goes to his mates place who he deserted pretty much after pushing him off a cliff and turning him into a crippled (not on purpose I should probably add). So they have a heart to heart, shed some tears and forgive the world and all it's glory and are pretty much best mates again from there on.Now with my own opinions lurking around, I think that the crippled was shoved in the movie scene so you can feel a bit of emotion when things start going a tad haywire. I have to say though, with all the Busey movies I've seen, he's always been some what of a villain, I couldn't help feeling exactly what the director wanted me to feel. Despite it's cheesy plot, and it's unrealistic ways of things happening.But at the end of the day, this movie is obviously not Oscar matarial, but it is very enjoyable, the characters maybe far too acted, but you are able to care for them and want them to be semi happy, as long as you got a decent amount of cash. Which is mainly what this movie evolves around.Overall, I give this a 6 out of 10.

The opening shot of this pleasing film is enhanced by buoyant scoring from Normand Corbeil, and this reveals to viewers that the work that they are about to see is not meant to be noirish in nature, but instead, in an actor's scenario such as this, a general tincture of incongruity is to be established from the outset. Director Peter Masterson, with assistance from lead Neve Campbell, ensures that this is accomplished, while her co-lead Billy Burke consistently provides a foil for Campbell, both being aided by a well-crafted script credited to Jeff Cole, who also produces here. Drifter Jimmy McGee (Burke) is stranded with his broken-down automobile along a back road in an unidentified state in the American South when he is fortunately given a ride from Missy Lofton (Campbell), driving her vintage convertible, but he soon learns that Missy has more than altruism behind her offer of a lift, because she takes McGee with her to her bank in the small town of Lost Junction whereupon she withdraws her entire savings of over $320,000, after which she shows Jimmy the contents of her car's trunk: her dead husband. This all proves to be a bagful with which bewildered Jimmy must deal, and he decides to set off, by foot this time, along the same country road upon which Missy had found him, but she has other ideas and will not permit him to go his own way, Jimmy therefore discovering that he is tied to a woman whose sinister background is more startling than he could have expected, and the two of them, in addition to all other main characters from the screenplay, dovetail to a climactic meeting back in Lost Junction. The film's storyline unfolds in an interesting manner, and solid performances are turned in by the cast, with Campbell's reading being particularly effective, and director Masterson paces his scenes correctly, permitting the narrative's admittedly bizarre events to develop within a well-detailed and naturalistic framework. The editing of Peter Frank and cinematography by Thomas Burstyn, the latter utilizing beautiful Quebec locations, are invaluable, with all shooting occurring during daylight hours for this film that, largely as a result, becomes a whimsical character study that emphasizes its elements of mystery and romance, thereupon further negating any possible connection to the Noir genre.

Knowing nothing more about this movie than the blurb on the back, the wife and I decided to check it out. Many times when we've done this we've wound up with something that leaves us wondering what the folks who coughed up a couple of million to make a picture were drinking (or smoking). Not this time. Lost Junction is a little gem - thoroughly weird and truly entertaining - and a better movie by far than many of the big name/big budget movies we've seen lately. Infused throughout with an off-center take on reality, the film uses this skewed point of view to provide both poignant and humorous moments woven throughout a uniquely goofy storyline. When Jimmy hauls the bag out of the lake and the sheriff comments on its contents, we both started laughing so hard we were nearly in tears. His line will go down in our all-time movie favorites right alongside Marie Dressler's double take at Jean Harlow at the end of Dinner at Eight. But that's just us. If you're cruising the video store and having a hard time finding anything that looks interesting, by all means pick up this sleeper and enjoy!

I was not planning on watching this movie - just happened to come across it right at the beginning on USA Channel and thought I'd sit through the first 5 minutes. I ended up with it to the very end. The best part of the movie was the excellent character development and the fascinating interactions they had with each other throughout the film.You never knew where Neve Campbell's character was going next and Billy Burke was great being positively perplexed.This movie is definately worth seeing.