This film is the epitome of plagiarism. As already noted this is a clone of the superior Vacancy in all but name. And you should know better - you don't need this review to warn you off. Michael Madsen alas these days is a name synonymous with movie garbage.
Jeff Fahey also pops up, eagerly hamming it up as the "sheriff" who is always at hand to lead the troubled motorists to the motel. The acting is not too bad but the production and direction suck with the movie littered with continuity errors. The ending is a farce. We see the bickering couple finally escape, then jump back to the funeral scene shown at the start of the movie ( this time with the inference that other baddies are running a motel from hell)and then jump to Madsen wasting a guy in an explosion. Then cue the credits. Amateur hour.
No Vacancy.
Jeff Fahey also pops up, eagerly hamming it up as the "sheriff" who is always at hand to lead the troubled motorists to the motel. The acting is not too bad but the production and direction suck with the movie littered with continuity errors. The ending is a farce. We see the bickering couple finally escape, then jump back to the funeral scene shown at the start of the movie ( this time with the inference that other baddies are running a motel from hell)and then jump to Madsen wasting a guy in an explosion. Then cue the credits. Amateur hour.
No Vacancy.