| Country |
Canada |
Language |
English |
| Color/B&W |
COLOR |
Sound |
Dolby Digital |
| Director |
Mark Malone
|
Producer |
Colleen Nystedt
|
| Lead cast |
Winston Reckert, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Beach, Jurgen Prochnow, Rose McGowan |
| Genre |
Thriller |
Rating |
N/A |
| Logline |
Ten strangers
stranded at a mountain top motel start disappearing one by one
and a rookie patrolman has to solve the mystery before they all
turn up dead. |
| Synopsis |
JASON, a Colorado
State Trooper, takes refuge from a blizzard at "The Last Stop
Cafe and Motel." A newspaper on the seat of his 4x4 informs us of
a bank robbery that took place in Vail a few days ago. Inside the
Motel, Jason meets the owner FRITZ, and his wife MAGGIE, who
introduce him to the motley group waiting out the storm in the
Motel's diner. Amongst the guests are CARL, a dark and handsome
traveler, JODIE, his sexy young companion, TIM, a black trucker,
and JAKE and ROY, two red-neck brothers who've had one too many
beers. To his surprise, Jason recognizes another of the guests,
NANCY, his high school sweetheart whom he hasn't seen in six
years. As Jason announces to the group that no one can leave
until the highway is reopened in the morning, the power goes out,
leaving the group in the glow of the emergency lights. Fritz and
his autistic nephew, LESLIE, make their way outside to check on
one of the empty motel rooms. Inside, Fritz finds a timberwolf
gorging on puddles of fresh blood. Everyone is accounted for
except two honeymooners who checked in early that morning. Jason
and Fritz search their room and realize they are missing. As the
guests wait in their rooms, Jason begins a thorough investigation
of the premises and finds a corpse in a dumpster behind the
motel. Inside the diner Leslie notices a figure outside burying
an object in the snow. Waiting until the figure leaves, he digs
up the object and takes it to Fritz and Maggie. Meanwhile, Jason
contacts his partner PETER on the radio and asks him to check on
some leads with the FBI. Peter says he will try and get to the
motel in the snow cat as soon as possible. Fritz, Maggie and
Leslie discover that the object is a bag full of cash. They are
overheard by Jake, who has come to steal a beer from the bar.
When they leave to get Jason, Jake steals the money and later
decides to hide it in Tim's truck; but as he does, Jake is
ambushed and killed. Meanwhile, Fritz informs Jason about
Leslie's find. They return to the diner only to realize that the
money is gone. Jason sets out to where Leslie dug up the money
and comes across a pack of wolves tearing at a corpse. On closer
inspection he sees that it is the body of the missing female
honeymooner. Shortly after, Jason's partner Peter arrives,
explaining that the FBI suspects that the dead couple was working
with the bank robbers. Inside the motel, nerves are on edge and a
fight ensues between Roy and Tim. During the brawl, the suspect
escapes with the money in the snow cat and Jason follows in hot
pursuit. But whether the prime suspect escapes or is apprehended,
is second in question-to who was the second bank robber-still at
the motel? |
| Budget: $2,500,000
Runtime: 94min Year: 2000 |
