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A Friday Night Date (2000)

can a film really be this bad?

You Betcha! This insipid dog of a flick belongs down there with the other assorted pieces of trash masquerading as "films". I'm not going to devote a lot of verbiage to this save to say that Road Rage 2000 is an absolute MUST SEE. If you are a student of film or an ardent viewer this is one you simply don't want to miss. But make sure that the first time you watch this dazzling example of cinematic waste that you leave the SOUND OFF. An old friend and director of note told me years ago that if an action adventure film has been constructed with credibility and authenticity, then you should be able to watch it without any sound and still find it to be coherent and plausible. This is singularly (well not really since there are literally hundreds of films not worth the celluloid they're shot on) one of the most pathetic thrillers ever done. Friday Night Date (aka Road Rage) is such an atrocious exercise in scripting, acting, etc. that it is absolutely hilarious! Some films are so bad that they're fun to watch. Plan Nine From Outer Space is a masterpiece by comparison. What astonishes so many of us is that these things make it into production in the first place. Boggles the mind. Imagine if the producers et al actually took the money devoted to this project and applied it to something of substance. Sure film production is a crap shot of sorts but when a savvy 11 year old can tear a flick like this apart then there is something seriously wrong.