ThrillerCrimeDrama

Paradise Highway

A truck driver has been forced to smuggle illicit cargo to save her brother from a deadly prison gang. With FBI operatives hot on her trail, Sally's conscience is challenged when the final package turns out to be a teenage girl.

Release Date : 2022-07-29

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Silver ReelGrindstone Entertainment GroupZDF

Production Country : GermanySwitzerlandUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Leila M.

Cast

Character Name : Sally

Original Name : Juliette Binoche

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dennis

Original Name : Frank Grillo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gerick

Original Name : Morgan Freeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leila

Original Name : Hala Finley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Special Agent Finley Sterling

Original Name : Cameron Monaghan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rose

Original Name : Veronica Ferres

Gender : Female

Character Name : Claire

Original Name : Christiane Seidel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Deborah

Original Name : Jackie Dallas

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bob

Original Name : Tommie Earl Jenkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : Trayce Malachi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trucker

Original Name : Calvin Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : SSA Patterson

Original Name : Raymond McAnally

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner's Daughter

Original Name : Jayden Hamilton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Terrence

Original Name : Walker Babington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blonde Woman

Original Name : Tracy Pfau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Truck Stop Manager

Original Name : Diva Tyler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tesia

Original Name : Jwaundace Candece

Gender : Female

Character Name : Police Officer Grey

Original Name : Xavier Scott Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul

Original Name : Jim Dougherty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Inmate

Original Name : Ronnie Yelverton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk Mascot

Original Name : Joey Traywick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff

Original Name : Bill Luckett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heavy Inmate

Original Name : Eric Scarabin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Warehouse Worker Frank

Original Name : John Read

Gender : Male

Reviews

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2022-09-03

Paradise Highway is a knockoff of A Perfect World with Morgan Freeman, Juliette Binoche, and Cameron Monaghan in the Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, and Laura Dern roles (respectively), and with Frank Grillo thrown in for good measure — except that the measure in which he’s thrown is not good enough. This is exactly the kind of throwaway thriller that constitutes Grillo’s accustomed stomping grounds; the problem is that he’s not allowed to stomp at leisure. Reduced to a glorified cameo, the movie shoots itself in the foot by giving the person who’s most comfortable in these environs the least amount of screen time. That, plus the unsound climax that leads to the obligatory sappy, happy ending, all but ruin any chances the film might have had of telling an engaging story. That leaves us Freeman and Binoche. With the latter you get what you get; that is, Morgan Freeman being Morgan Freeman, which on this occasion includes him wearing, for some unfathomable reason, a pink fedora. If this is your coup of tea, then more power to you; me, I’ll keep longing for the increasingly unlikely return of Se7en-Morgan Freeman. As for Juliette Binoche as a lady trucker, well, she’s too smart to play this dumb. I’m not saying all lady truckers are dumb, but this one in particular isn’t especially bright. Consider this: she sells her trailer so she can buy a new life for little Leila (Hala Finley), becoming in the process the girl’s mother figure or big sister or whatever. Now, it’s bad enough they both have to live in the truck cab, but my question is, how is Truck Lady going to make a living now that she has two mouths to feed and no trailer? I mean, this is O. Henry-type stuff if O. Henry were a complete idiot. She’s not alone, though. I won’t get into the specifics of the climactic confrontation; suffice it to say that if certain people had been patient enough to wait a mere couple of days until Grillo’s character was released from prison, they could have saved themselves a lot of grief — and spared me the nigh two hours of viewing time.