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The Skinny: Psycho truck driver Rusty Nail is at it again – this time terrorizing some young travelers on their way to Vegas.

The Good: This sequel doesn’t suck, and nobody’s more surprised than me! I was a fan of the original, and when Blockbuster had absolutely nothing good to offer this week, I couldn’t resist picking the sequel up. No one is more surprised than I am to say this: I have to give this movie a decent amount of credit because it managed to surprise me with some decent twists, as well as a few uncomfortable moments of peril that made me shift uncomfortably in my seat. Plus, it’s always a bonus in a movie when “that annoying guy” meets an incredibly icky fate.

The Bad: None of the original actors are back for this round, and the acting from this unrecognizable young cast is pretty atrocious. Perhaps even more disappointing, though, is the foreshadowing for the ending of the movie. It couldn’t be more blunt unless they put subtitles on the screen that said “The big finale will take place right HERE!”

The Ugly: I won’t go into too much detail, but there’s a scene where Rusty Nail stops someone from yelling for help in an extremely yucky way, then says something snarky like “Did you see how his jaw dropped?”

The Bottom Line: A lot more than I expected from a straight-to-DVD sequel.

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