Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby

Any film which toplines a teenage bulimic drug addict prostitute criminal sociopath who when she isn't indulging in scarf'n'barf eating binges habitually robs her johns so she can eke out a sordidly meager existence as its anti-heroine is unarguably pushing the limits of good taste and restraint to the breaking point. Well, this shockingly base and savage exploitation stunner not only graphically depicts various acts of all-out depravity in unsparingly explicit detail, but also wallows in a festering sinkhole of unremittingly foul no-holds-barred cinematic scuzziness with a certain lip-smacking fiendish glee. When underage hooker White Girl (the luscious Natasha Lyonne) meets deranged lesbian sexual psychopath serial killer Cyclona (galvanizing spitfire Maria Celedonio) in a brutal juvenile detention center, it's clear right from the start that they are a match made in bad girl hell. Pretty soon the dangerously nutso twosome escape and go on the lam, embarking on a mondo berserko crime spree as they travel cross country to Tijuana, Mexico, where they believe both sanctuary and possible redemption awaits them in the form of demented pedophile cannibal transvestite kiddie-* making nun (!) Sister Gomez (an amazingly wacked portrayal by "Buffalo '66" auteur Vincent Gallo). Powered along by a pair of laudably fearless, anything-goes, let-it-all-hang-out dynamic and uninhibited performances by Lyonne and Celedonio, loaded to the grimy gills with nonstop seedy thrills, strikingly ferocious violence, and carnal perversions of every conceivable stripe, and rounding things off with a gruesomely over-the-top nasty conclusion that's sure to knock the air out of your lungs, this thoroughly warped and electrifying crime/chase/chicks-in-chains sleaze film take on the classic Grimm Brothers fairytale "Hansel and Gretel" will either delight you with its impressively shameless and aggressive assault-on-your-senses agenda or offend you to the ninth degree for the very same reason. Before you ask precisely which side of the fence I'm on with this particular flick, let me state for the record that any picture which features nifty cameos by John Landis as a hard-nosed judge, David Alan Grier as a scummy sex-crazed shyster lawyer, and "Drugstore Cowboy" 's Max Perlich as a slacker drunk, numerous acts of vicious murder, *, full-frontal shower room nudity, projectile puking by the literal gallon, necrophilia, spray paint-huffing, and a funky, rollicking trashy score that's in equal parts digging rap and ripping surf-rock will always get my vote.

Great escapist movie. Forget realism. The Hansel 'n' Gretel references, Cyclona's assertion that all men are rapists, the violence, it was just a fun movie. As you read this, congress is actually trying to ban movies like this. Get out and see movies like this while you still can!

Please, don't read the reviews for "Freeway 2" that bash it because they weren't able to enjoy the mad celebration -- they just need to loosen their belts and get a little crazy. "Freeway 2", a modern retelling of Hanzel and Gretal, is a hilarious, shocking, camp extravaganza. Girls with eating disorders. Huffing binges. Lesbian sex. Exciting violence. Everything you could want in a motion picture -- Matthew Brite, in my opinion, has created a superior film to his first "Freeway" picture. And the superb Vincent Gallo's performance as Sister Gomez is one of the most haunting villains I have ever witnessed. Hannibal who?

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Natasha is so HOTT. Especially in the scenes in Mexico. Maria is cool too. And when they make out in the shower... ooh la la! You know you wanna get it on with this one, ya'll! Vincent is cool also. And one of my favorite actors, Max Perlich is in this movie. Make sure you notice him. And also make sure you got lots of vodka and cranberry juice on hand. Not so much for this movie, but just in case i stop by and need a place to say for a while. You know... till things blow over. Anyways, take is easy, yo!

Sometimes insomnia is a good thing. Late night cable holds all kinds of jewels just use the TV Guide as a map, and look for this one. It is a dark film that appeals admittedly to a small crowd. This is a case where the small crowd is right. I love the strange feeling the film seems to have. At times hard to watch and at others you will wish you could see just at little more. And maybe they should have gone on a little; the ending lacks the overall feel of the rest of the film. And to be honest it almost ruined it. But two days later when I was still thinking about it, I knew I had to see it one more time. It does have something for everyone but is not for everyone that's kinda strange but then it is a strange movie.

The ONLY reason I watched any part of this bilge is because I liked "Freeway" with Kiefer Sutherland and Reese Witherspoon. That movie was also low budget, but it had panache. This movie was crud. It was third-rate trash about bulimic prisoners, *, and murder. The movie began with, what seemed like, a five-minute long puking scene. Even if it was only one minute, that's way too long to film someone with her head in a toilet spitting and barfing. I just may have been able to stick it out if I felt it was going somewhere, but it wasn't. The characters were generally repulsive and the story was aimless. It was going nowhere fast so I jumped off.

This film doesn't deserve the hammering it seems to be getting at the hands of the IMDB voters. Maybe Freeway II does try a bit too hard to be trendy, and Vincent Gallo is a bit irritating. On the positive side, there is some great photography, especially when the girls hit Mexico, the soundtrack is fantastic and Natasha Lyonne is awesome. If you want to rent something a bit colorful, then you could do a lot worse.