Riding the Bullet
| release date | October 8 2004 |
| studio | USA |
| director | Mick Garris |
| writer | Stephen King, Mick Garris |
| starring | Jonathan Jackson, David Arquette, Adam Battrick, Erika Christensen, Matt Frewer, Chris Gauthier, Barbara Hershey |
| rating | R |
| site | ridingthebulletmovie.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
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I have to say I really enjoyed this dark comedy, little road trip head trip. and even has a coming of age ending that is a little thrown into your face. Sure this is not a gore-fest but the horror tree has thousands of branches. Keep your mind open and the horror alive.
“Riding The Bullet” is the adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name.
I’ve read the novel a few years ago and didn’t like it. Same goes for Garris’ adaptation which did absolutely nothing for me.
Cons:
The whole film looks like a cheap made-for-TV flick.
There are many lenghty and tedious scenes, as well as scenes that try to be suspenseful or eerie but totally fail in doing so. Jonathan Jackson’s performance is quite mediocre and David Arquette is about as annoying as always.
I totally hated the constant use of King-trademarks (a car that looks like Christine, a nurse called Annie Wilkes, a dog hunting a rabbit, blah…), all the boring flashbacks, all the ‘wandering’ scenes and nearly all of the moments where the main character imagines something.
Pros:
A nice soundtrack (including cool tunes from The Zombies and James Brown), a few really impressive-looking scenes (the film-in-film sequence, the urban legend, the bath suicide…), some cool atmosphere and a beautiful Erika Christensen.
Not the worst but IMO definitely one of the weaker King-flicks.
The Ultimate Movie Review! – http://tss5078.blogspot.com – @tss5078 – Let me start off by saying that I love Stephen King, he’s given me hours of entertainment and for that I am grateful. I am also a big fan of the lead in this movie Jonathan Jackson. Together I was expecting a can’t miss movie, but it didn’t quite work out that way. Riding The Bullet is just all around dull. The story was weak to begin with, the flashbacks were dull, the characters have 0 personality, and it just wasn’t creepy in the slightest! If Disney made horror movies, they would be similar to this. I probably rated it higher than I should have because of my fondness for King and Jackson, but really this movie was a bore, don’t waste your time.