I have seen a lot of terrible movies, but this movie is a close contender for the worst movie of all time. It's even worse than Batman and Robin, and I don't say that lightly. This movie literally made me want to rip out my own eyes. We were screaming at the screen: "End! Please roll credits! For the love of God, please end!" And it kept going and going. It is entirely shot in front of a green screen, and no attempts were made to find a real desert (like some sand and some rocks are hard to find!). No attempts were also made to make anything look convincing, such as turning on a fan so the hair of the actors is at least moving while they are driving in an open car. It drags on and on, with very little story to speak of, and yet endless exposition delivered in the worst way possible. It's all carried by awful mellow rock songs, and keeps going and going. And just when you think the movie is over, it gives you yet more terrible songs you have to sit through. Roll those credits already! How is this movie getting such great reviews? Am I even on the right planet here? This movie is horrendous!

I finally had the pleasure to see "Road To Hell" at the Pollygrind Film Festival screening in Las Vegas, NV on 10/17/12. Where it just so happened to win 9 amazing awards, including Best Picture. This film finds Michael Pare's iconic Streets Of Fire character 28 years after him and Elenn went their separate ways. "Cody" has been off being a solider again, as we are told by his sister Reva(Deborah Van Valkenburgh)fighting a war, literally and mentally. He is on a journey back to Edge City to find "Ellen" & the daughter he never knew(Roxy Gunn), when he comes across 2 beautiful spree killers. Cody has the fight of his life on his hands with not only the murderous Clare Kramer & Courtney Peldon but with his own personal demons. Going into this film I was already a huge "Streets Of Fire" & Michael Pare' fan. Thanks to the phenomenal writing by Cynthia Curnan the film drew us all in from the opening scene ... and didn't let go until the ending credits. It is a pure cinematic treat. It has everything a movie-goer could ask for: a main character that everyone is rooting for even though he is a severely flawed human being, gorgeous women with guns, violence, sex, some comedy, a killer original rock n roll soundtrack - with some songs even from Streets of Fire - all perfectly performed by The Roxy Gunn Project, intense moments that leave you breathless and scared, all mixed into a film that I will admit brought tears to my eyes and gave me goosebumps. The acting in this movie is very well done and for all you Michael Pare' fans - he has never been better...He can say more with a stare in this film than most actors could with an entire monologue. The break out star in this film is Roxy Gunn, who plays Cody's long lost daughter Ellen. She is magical in this film. Not only are you drawn into her by her sweetness and beauty but the girl can sing! I mean really, really sing! The songs are timeless and will be sure to have you humming and singing them a week later. Trust me I know from experience. Road To Hell is perfectly casted. Each character is completely believable in their role, and each leaves you wanting more. The film also is extremely beautiful to watch. The colors portray death, sex, destruction and redemption. The way it was filmed by veteran director Albert Pyun & visual effects by Daniel Ray Gutierrez is really mesmerizing. I really can't say enough about Road To Hell. I recommend it to everyone, Streets of Fire fans or not!

"Road to Hell" played at the Rave Motion Pictures in Las Vegas to a Big Happy Audience for PollyGrind Underground Film Festival. I went because I love The Roxy Gunn Project. I already knew the music would be great but I didn't expect the movie to be so shocking. At first I was shocked but then some of the audience laughed at places that told me it was okay to laugh. The movie is very different, but the music carries you into it. I never knew where it was going. I had not seen the movie it is supposedly based on "Streets of Fire", but they play a couple scenes to help us understand better. The music was fantastic and some of the audience chair danced. The lead actor, Michael Pare' was so young and beautiful in the first movie and in "Road to Hell" he looks 'rode hard and put away wet' but he is Movie Star all over - both scary and fascinating.The female lead Clare Kramer is All Scary until the end when I felt sad for her ...which was quite a feat from where she started out. At the end we learn just how messed up she was. The Best is Roxy Gunn in her first movie role. She was Luminous - tough on the outside, but you could see through to how fragile she was. She still needs her father, CODY to be her father. CODY somehow managed to be a Monster, a Dad and a Hero. To enjoy this movie, you have to let go of thinking you know what will happen next. It's not mainstream for sure and it will have to find a Wild & Crazy audience. Count me in.

I saw this film earlier this month with Michael Pare and its makers in attendance. They all got up on stage before the film started, and it is amazing in retrospect how enthusiastic they were about this "unofficial sequel" to Streets of Fire, which we had all just watched Before RtH began. Road to Hell is an experimental film at best, and that's being kind. The cut we saw was just under an hour, so it was too long to be a short and too short to be a feature. It was entirely green screened, and lots of the shots came off looking like poorly constructed car commercials or automotive trade show sets, as nearly every shot in this "movie" centered around a jeep. The Jeep looked too new, as if they lacked the budget to rough up a Jeep for the production and used their own daily driver instead. Also, it's difficult to tell when you watch this whether there are two different jeeps or just one--did Tom Cody have his own Jeep in addition to the female lead's Jeep? I couldn't tell. The dialog was laced with f-bombs to the point of absurdity, and there is a needless and inexplicable exploration of violence against women which appears to me to be completely incongruous with the Tom Cody character. Mind you that I'm not in the least squeamish when it comes to seedy characters--I think Bukowski is great literature. In this case it's just that the makers of Road to Hell have only invested about 5 percent of whatever scant talent they have in this production. I give a 1/10 very rarely, but this film really does make another 1/10, No Holds Barred, look like Citizen Kane.