Route 666

2001 "One Way In, No Way Out"
4.4| 1h26m| R| en| More Info
Released: 30 October 2001 Released
Producted By: Lions Gate Films
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Smith, a mob informer hiding out with the Witness Protection Program, decides to make a break for it and hide out in the Arizona desert. The Feds catch up with him and rescue him just before a group of hitmen can manage to silence him for good. In the course of getting Smith away from the mafia thugs, the pair of agents assigned to protect him turn onto an abandoned stretch of highway nicknamed 'Route 666' after the mysterious death of a prison chain gang. As the three continue on their way, they soon discover just what happened to the chain gang, and how the highway earned its name.

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Director

William Wesley

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Lions Gate Films

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Route 666 Audience Reviews

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Aspen Orson There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.
Uriah43 Two federal marshals named "Jack La Rocca" (Lou Diamond Phillips) and "Stephanie" (Lori Petty) are working for the witness protection agency and have orders to find and capture a fugitive witness named "Fred" (Steven Williams) and then to bring him to a Los Angeles court by 10 o'clock the next morning. They finally nab Fred on a part of old Route 66 and decide to take a shortcut by traveling on an abandoned road nicknamed "Route 666". It's nicknamed that because it is supposedly haunted by spirits. Accompanying Jack and Stephanie are 4 other federal marshals who were responsible for losing Fred in the first place. Not far behind are hired assassins with instructions to kill Fred. But awaiting them on Route 666 are "ghost-zombies" (for lack of a better word) whose only reason for existence is to kill those who travel on their road. Anyway, this was an interesting story and it featured some decent acting. I especially liked the performances of Steven Williams and Lori Petty. Likewise, Lou Diamond Phillips performed in a decent manner as well. What brought the film down in my estimation was the complete lack of suspense and the very weak ending. Perhaps if this had been a made-for-television movie I could understand the rather mild overtones. But for a film made for the big screen it just didn't impress me that much. Slightly below average.
Kimera Denver WARNING:Spoiler content! This movie is excellent, right from the start, it is clever, quirky, slick, and really really funny. Also, to the trained eye, it is packed full of so much symbolism that there is almost no scene where one cannot be found. The characters are clever and represented wonderfully by the people who play them, especially Rabbit, you have to love that guy, even if you find him a constant irritation, the film would definitely not be complete without him. The storyline is nice, well thought out, and spreads the action out nicely over the length of the film. Providing us (the audience) with a good dose of revenge, humour, irritation, entertainment, maybe even a little fear for the weak hearted and squeamish watchers, and finally and a little unexpectedly, the iron man (La Rocha)having a sentimental moment at the end with his father.The only thing that stopped this movie getting ten out of ten for me was the female lead, she is a great actress and fit into the part really well, i just find that her voice offends my hearing to such a degree that i can hardly bear to listen, it really grates against the ears. Other than that, this is an amazing film, i would recommend it to anyone looking for something that is not particularly scary but nonetheless highly entertaining.
slayback666 OK, wait, bad isn't what I was looking for........awful, there we go. The shaky camera stuff was annoying and the acting was horrible. As soon as I saw Lou Diamond Phillips' name in the info, I knew it was going to be bad. He hasn't been in a good film since.....oh yeah, he hasn't been in a good film EVER. The whole plot line of "Route 666" was dumb and the supporting cast for the "greatest actor in the world"(<-sarcastic remark) was almost worse than any supporting cast I have ever seen. If I were to pick the top 5 bad movies ever, this would definitely be at the top of my list of candidates. Do NOT watch this movie, because it will be a waste of your money and your time.
blackandevil There are movies that make you want to take a fork and dig your eyes out, well, this movie will make you wish you were both blind and deaf so you don't have to know it exist.The only good thing about this movie is that you know that most characters will die, this is but a small consolation because the hero and his girlfriend survive. The director's mother is probably so proud of her son, and the mothers of the film crew, I'm sure they wished they had aborted their children while they still had a chance. I guess anybody who has seen this film wishes that the mothers would have terminated their children, why do all have to suffer for their mistakes, isn't the world a bad place already, do we really need more suffering.