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Octane Reviews

2003

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Senga Wilson embarks on a thrilling journey to rescue her daughter from an evil cult... Read more

Starring	Madeline Stowe, Norman Reedus, Bijou Phillips, Mischa Barton
Director	Marcus Adams
Genres	Thriller

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- Casting an eye around the human flotsam and jetsam at a late-night roadside diner, travel-weary mother (Stowe) and... read more on Time Out
- 47535
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
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- - 23
  - 8
  Stinker....
  
  From the Director of 'Long Time Dead'
  
  comes this supposedly high Octane thriller starring Madeleine Stowe and Mischa Barton.
  
  For ... read more »
  
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- 60871
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Duncan Brown
  - Bucks
  - 27 Dec 2004 at 13:37
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- - 1
  - 0
  As much of a waste of time...
  
  ... as the 3 idiots that gave it 5 stars.
  
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- 492336
- - dunfyboy
  - 11 reviews
  - Dunfermline
  - 07 Nov 2007 at 22:41
- - 0
  - 0
  don't remember renting it
  
  can't remember renting this film out
  
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- - a customer
  - warrington, england, uk. Planet earth, (just in case)
  - 22 Mar 2007 at 17:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Octane (2003)
  
  If only I had bothered to read the previous reviews I would have realised that this movie was trash before I rented it! The plot made no sense.
  
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- 376119
- - a customer
  - London
  - 20 Oct 2006 at 10:40
- - 0
  - 0
  No, no, no...
  
  Director Marcus Adams did his film degree at art school, and he really wants you to know it. Proving he learned nothing from screwing up Long Time Dead expect ... read more »
  
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- 200809
- - a customer
  - Plymouth, England
  - 31 Jan 2006 at 16:23
- - 0
  - 0
  RUBBISH
  
  tuned this film of half way through.
  
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- 179300
- - a customer
  - wales
  - 28 Nov 2005 at 17:44
- - 0
  - 0
  read these reviews first
  
  then if you have rented and watched it ask yourself 2 questions
  
  1. What could I have done in the last 90mins?
  
  2. Why did I rent this when ... read more »
  
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- 168411
- - a customer
  - Dorset
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 22:48
- - 0
  - 0
  Dont Bother !
  
  Dont waste your time with this movie!!
  
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- 163268
- - a customer
  - loughborough
  - 19 Oct 2005 at 13:45
- - 0
  - 1
  Running on fumes
  
  If director Adams is hoping to achieve a dislocated, nightmarish feel to his road movie, with mother Stowe freaking out when her daughter Barton gets snatched ... read more »
  
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- 155733
- - RJNeb2
  - 773 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Oct 2005 at 19:48
- - 0
  - 0
  ???
  
  This film is a surreal trip down a David Lynch like countryside. Filled with innuendo and it’s not so much the character dialogue as the lack thereof ... read more »
  
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- 153743
- - Wanda Burt
  - England - from south africa
  - 27 Sep 2005 at 10:43
- - 0
  - 0
  octane shmocktane
  
  i think this was ordered by mistake but with name like octane you expect a bit more than a few nasty losers being nasty, that's about it!
  
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- 145215
- - a customer
  - England
  - 28 Aug 2005 at 20:14
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- - 23
  - 8
  Stinker....
  
  From the Director of 'Long Time Dead'
  
  comes this supposedly high Octane thriller starring Madeleine Stowe and Mischa Barton.
  
  For ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 60871
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Duncan Brown
  - Bucks
  - 27 Dec 2004 at 13:37
- - 4
  - 1
  What a mistakae to make!!!
  
  If only I had bothered to read the previous reviews I would have realised that this movie was trash before I rented it! The plot made no sense, and what's ... read more »
  
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- 65866
- - MATT
  - Devon, England
  - 21 Jan 2005 at 08:17
- - 4
  - 2
  total drivel
  
  If you are looking for an 'A' rated movie - DON'T LOOK HERE! - This was more like a 'D' rating - Dismal; Dreary; Depressing; - in fact, just... read more »
  
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- 61101
- - momma
  - Plymouth
  - 29 Dec 2004 at 16:45
- - 4
  - 2
  Face off
  
  Why do celebs feel the need for botox? Maddeline Stowe, not an unattrative lady, is the latest moron to undergo this treatment. All the way through this film ... read more »
  
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- 314194
- - buckwits
  - essex
  - 16 Nov 2004 at 13:52
- - 3
  - 0
  Good start, terrible ending
  
  For the first half this is a fairly effective woman-in-peril thriller/road movie. The set up is intriguing and suspenseful, the mother/daughter relationship at ... read more »
  
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- 317430
- - Stimpy
  - London
  - 29 Dec 2004 at 12:37
- - 3
  - 1
  more like no octane..failed to ignite
  
  Octane, starring Madeleine Stowe and Mischa Barton. This film failed to ignite.So many negative points i cannot possibly list them all, but here goes..
  <... read more »
  
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- 61237
- - a customer
  - glasgow
  - 30 Dec 2004 at 17:11
- - 2
  - 1
  Not good
  
  Could not understand or get into this film so gave up eventually.
  
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- 66956
- - Sue Savage
  - Derby, U K
  - 25 Jan 2005 at 19:12
- - 2
  - 1
  Very disappointing.
  
  The start of the film was promising enough. Dark, stylish photography and a tense atmosphere.
  
  However, the film never really goes anywhere. The plot... read more »
  
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- 76771
- - a customer
  - Cambridge, England
  - 01 Mar 2005 at 00:28
- - 1
  - 0
  Total Rubish , Don't Bother
  
  They should have 0 star rating because 1 is to much.
  
  I have had more excitement watching paint dry, one of the worst films I have seen . My wife on ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Darlington
  - 04 Feb 2005 at 14:20
- - 1
  - 0
  suprising
  
  oh madeline what where you thinking,an actress of her calibre making a film like this,brave of her to take a risk but prefer twelve monkeys,hope she got big ... read more »
  
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- 92785
- - a customer
  - london
  - 15 Apr 2005 at 12:14

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Critic's review
- Casting an eye around the human flotsam and jetsam at a late-night roadside diner, travel-weary mother (Stowe) and... read more on Time Out
- 47535
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17

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