This made-for-TV science-fiction thriller doesn't overextend its premise or vitiate tension with repetitive scare tactics. Unfulfilled in Tinseltown, novelist/screenwriter Bo Aikens (Jay Mohr) considers settling down in an industrial park community called Black River. Bo hopes that he might be able to overcome his writer's block in this idyllic spot, and Black River's mayor, Tom Thompkins (Stephen Tobolowsky), encourages him to make the move. After tangling with a belligerent trucker, Bo tries to leave Black River, but false highway patrol reports and tow-truck snafus conspire to leave him stranded — train service is temporarily suspended, and Bo's credit card c...
Released:
2001
Rated:
PG
Length:
88 mins