Dennis Weaver plays the character David Mann(pun intended) a salesman who is traveling on a lonely two lane highway when he encounters a trucker with a case of road rage. The opening sequence when he is talking to his wife and having an argument on why he wasn't bold enough to confront a drunk person who hit on her foreshadows the plot. Throughout the movie we try to figure out the identity of the trucker or just a brief glimpse of what he looks like to no avail. The infamous diner scene creates a mood of paranoia when he realises the trucker has stopped at the same destination. There are many scenes that make you wonder if the antagonist is really that bad at all.... when he saves a group of school children while they mock the protagonist who is acting hysterically. I found out after watching this film that it is one of Steven Spielberg's first films and it's amazing how he created such a Tour-De-Force movie with such a low budget.
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