Freeway (1996)


Kiefer Sutherland       Bob Wolverton
Reese Witherspoon       Vanessa
Brooke Shields          Mimi Wolverton
Wolfgang Bodison        Detective Breer
Dan Hedaya              Detective Wallace
Amanda Plummer          Ramona
Michael T. Weiss        Larry
Bokeem Woodbine         Chopper
Brittany Murphy         Rhonda
Sidney Lassick          Norman
Kitty Fox               Grandma

Directed by:            Matthew Bright
Produced by:            Oliver Stone, Dan Halsted, Richard Rutowski (II)


On the way to grandma's house because Mom was arrested for soliciting, young and enticing Vanessa runs 
into Bob Wolverton, a child psychologist who uses his professional expertise to gain her trust, and 
then reveals himself to be "The Big Bad Wolf" who is out to abuse, torture and kill pretty, innocent 
girls -- with Vanessa intended to be his newest victim. She manages to shoot her assailant a number of 
times, but instead of being killed, he's disfigured in such a manner that he now looks like what he 
truly is -- a monster. Vanessa is accused of attempted murder. She is to be put on trial but escapes 
-- right into the waiting arms of the Big Bad Wolf. 

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Little Red Riding Hood for the 1990's: After her mom and step-dad are arrested, 15-year-old Vanessa Lutz 
decides that instead of once again being put into a foster home, she'd rather go and search for the 
grandmother she's never met, and live with her. "On the way to grandma's house," (actually a trailer park) 
Vanessa's car breaks down, and she's picked up from the side of the road by Bob Wolverton, a counselor 
at a school for troubled boys. Bob slowly earns Vanessa's trust, and eventually convinces her to talk 
about her sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather. When Vanessa realizes that Bob is enjoying what 
she's saying, she realizes that he's "The I-5 Killer," from the news. She tries to get out of his truck, 
but the inside door handle has been removed.

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15 year girl runs away from home to live with her grandmother after mom is arrested for prostitution and 
step dad for molesting her. Along the way her car breaks down, and a respectable, decent looking guy 
picks her up. Turns out he's the freeway rapist the news keeps talking about and now he's set his eyes 
on her. However, she shoots him several times and flees. By some miracle, the freeway rapist survives, 
and the police charge the girl with attempted homicide. The papers have a field day, making her out to 
be a scumbag and the guy a victim turned hero. But it's not over yet.