Jonathan Mostow directs Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan in this road thriller where a man loses his wife on the hard shoulder of the desert and nobody believes she has been kidnapped.

Tight as a drum, the escalations in tension here are a beauty to behold. Mostow maintains the grip right up to the end credits masterfully. A late entry into the VHS rental era minor classics hall of fame. J. T. Walsh RIP.

7

Perfect Double Bill: Executive Decision (1996)

I write regular features about live comedy for British Comedy Guide here https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/bobby_carroll/features/