Glen's (Christopher McDonald) young son (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is almost killed by a maniac on the road. Glen insists on confronting the culprit (Craig Sheffer). He gets into a heated discussion with him at a restaurant. Glen is tragically burned to death in a car accident during a showdown with cars, and it's up to Jack (Christopher Lambert) to get revenge, especially when his family gets in dangerThis started off very auspiciously. It was intense, interesting, and suspenseful. There was nothing complicated about it, it was an old fashioned set-up, and it was working beautifully. Christopher McDonald's death scene is one of the most realistically disturbing death scenes I've seen. I felt for JGL in that scene, I could feel the emotion. I was really beginning to wonder why this movie is rated so low. My question became answered, not too long after. The first half is an above average thriller, but sadly, there is a second half as well. It tosses away all the progress it made for unimaginative storytelling, and extremely poor character development. Too many characters disappear during key times, all for the sake of focusing on the villains. Christopher Lambert's screen time isn't as big as you might think. He has a substantial part, don't get me wrong, but he disappears too often. His "everyday" man had potential, but it's written so poorly. Lambert tries, but he's defeated by the script. Craig Sheffer is the biggest problem for me in this movie. He has WAY too much screen time, especially when his role is as mundane as it was. He did these weird facial ticks, and gives a whiny, unconvincing performance. I wanted to backhand him one. They try to portray him as crazy, but he was just an imbecilic baby as far as I'm concerned. Josh Brolin has an unmemorable early role as a sensitive person. David Arquette does what he does best, be eccentric. Joseph Gordon-Levitt shows why he's such a sought after actor these days. It was very impressive, considering his age. Alexondra Lee does her best Scarlett Johansson impression, and even resembles her. The ending is so routine, so conventional, that it angered me. Final Thoughts: I was going to give this movie a rating in the upper 4's, but I really liked a bit of the first half. There are some memorable scenes, but Craig Sheffer & routine plotting ruin it. It's worth a watch I suppose, but I wouldn't go out of my way. Its average5/10

The other reviews are correct that this movie bears some resemblance to 'The Hitcher' or other movies that take place on the highway and involve brutality and murder. But I think what a lot of the reviews fail to acknowledge is the humor, dark comedy, and other virtues this film has to offer. I think it's a movie that improves with time because stylistically it now feels classically dated and rugged in an early 1990's sort of way that is mostly lost in modern films, although 'No Country for Old Men' touches on a similar style, as do Robert Rodriguez films. It's a satisfying movie because the pacing is good, the acting is good with at times excellent characterization, and there is a fair amount of drama that is actually quite compelling. It leads to a certain amount of excitement that isn't ever boring, and it makes for a good "guy" movie; the sort of film that if you don't take it too seriously, offers a certain likability of the joking villains and a general lightness, recklessness, and irreverence. Overall it can be a quite enjoyable experience to watch.

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All CostsIt's a shame,'cos another collaboration between Christopher Lambert and director Deran Sarafian by the name of Gunmen was one I found to be very enjoyable.I've heard one or two people criticize Chris's acting ability.This is unjustified.He's okay,it's just,like all actors,he picks bad scripts sometimes.This being one of them.In fact,the majority (if not all) of the film's faults can be found in the script,because it's so badly written,not least because we find it so hard to offer any empathy to Christopher McDonald's duh-duh father character,who's such a caring dad he lets his son wonder out into the road unsupervised in the first place,never mind the 'bad guys' who,though kind of going a little too fast,were on an open road with not much traffic visibly in front of them.Just to stare at a bloody flower as well!You're gonna be seeing a lot more of them in your life kid,believe me.And what was with that girl bad guy,wondering around with an umbrella like she was in a Legal & General advert or something?One to disappear without a trace into the confines of DTV hell,me thinks.*

I'm a huge fan of Christopher Lambert and I've wanted to see this movie for some time, I finally got the chance to see it this week.When I first sat down to watch "The Road Killers" or "Road Flower" as it's known here in England, I wasn't to happy with it, Lambert looks out of place in this movie, it's not the kind of movie someone like Lambert should be in. As the movie "drove on" I started to enjoy it. I didn't expect this small low budget movie to be any good but it's a "time killer" all the same.Craig Sheffer plays the eerie mentally-retarded psychopath whose after Lambert and his family when Sheffer kills Lambert's best friend, in a road rage incident. Sheffer is also accompanied with a gang of punks who drive around with him terrorizing everything and everyone. Sheffer plays Cliff, one f***** up son of a bitch, psychopath.Not a bad movie but if your a Lambert fan there's better Lambert movies out there.6/10