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Absolutely the worst movie.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

This is just outstanding. Transit is action-packed from quick start to exhilarating finish. Jim Caviezel turns in a very good, if not great performance. James Frain is about as evil as a bad guy can get. Throw in admirable performances from Elisabeth Röhm and Diora Baird, plus very good supporting roles from the versatile and talented Harold Perrineau and the ever-menacing Beau Brasso and you have a well cast flick.I honestly don't get the negative reviews. This is an action movie. Don't expect more than a lot of car chases, flying lead and improbable outcomes and you will be thoroughly entertained.The toughness of the characters is really what drives this film, and while the plot may seem improbable, it's still believable. Transit is a fast-paced thriller of a quality normally seen in films with much larger budgets.A minor nit (and the only reason for the spoiler tag) is that the fully automatic Kalishnikov fired by Rohm in the closing scenes is a rare and expensive firearm. It's not something you'd likely find in a fishing camp deep in the bayous and swamps of Louisiana.Other that that little thing, this is one enjoyable movie.

If you like Detroit Muscle, you'll probably like this movie. The director knows what guys like in a movie, (and it's a guy flick) and puts it on the screen in style. There's a couple of brutal fights, a bit of blood here and there, (no boobs though) and then there is the murdered out Chevelle. There are burnouts, mad driving in traffic, it gets sideways, it does high speed 180's. It sounds wicked and the driver likes to push it to it's limits. Makes ya want to look on craigslist and buy some old muscle car and show the kiddies what a real tire-smoking, gas guzzling machine is supposed to sound like. lol. The plot was thin but tolerable, the acting was decent, the car was great. Nuff said.

A dysfunctional family decides to get back on the road to functionality with a vacation. Oh no. Enter the bad guys. a formula that to be kind is well, formula. The bad guys are an evil-eyed psycho (that somehow, always manage to get someone to fall in love with them), another that is even worse (he has no woman) and a middle-of-the-road kinda guy who is only a sociopath.The family has a white collar ex-con Father ("it was only mortgage fraud", he says..."Only?," says the cop) a disbelieving nervous wife, who can handle an assault rifle when needed, a foul- mouthed, drug smoking teen (who does make some smart decisions), and a little fella that just loves having Dad back.There are some exciting road antics and shoot-em-ups, a couple of mild twists. But there are way too many close-ups and camera shaking and swirling that is a sign of a low-budget and a talent limited Director.

I'm a film maker myself, I wanted to support this thing, but its just not good enough, and with so much going for it too. You'd think with Jim in there and a hefty action squad supporting the movie that it'd be engaging at least on an entertainment level, but its really not. It's undershot, unpleasant to look at with a weirdly heavy grade, its dialogue heavy and with far too many of the worst interior car scenes I think I've ever seen. I mean Hill Street Blues did car scenes 30 years ago better than these. The Hitcher did it very well. In fact now that I think on it, everyone has shot better interior car scenes than in this film - and its set inside cars!To be fair I abandoned the viewing some 9 out of 12 parts in, and it has a lot of cool car stuff in there, but its ham fisted in its delivery. The editing is just weird, probably from undershooting and some of the small story points they try to make get lost in the edit. Honestly - take my word for it. It's rubbish. It's a waste of money. Stay away.