Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

disgusting, overrated, pointless

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The divorced Lorraine Burton (Maria Bello) is an insecure woman that raises her seven year-old son Chad (Connor Hill) alone and without money. Her ex-husband Gary (Jeff Joslin) is a former military that went in court martial and presses Lorraine to take Chad for him.One day, Lorraine stops her car in a gas station after her therapy to buy frozen pizzas for Chad and her. When she returns, the bank robber Roy (Stephen Dorff) carjacks them and heads to Tijuana, Mexico with Lorraine and Chad. Along their journey, Lorraine tries to protect Chad from the psychopath Roy. "Carjacket" is lame garbage, with a stupid story, awful screenplay and a collection of clichés. The plot is so ridiculous that does not worth to spend my time writing about this crap. My vote is one (awful).Title (Brazil): "Sequestro Relâmpago" ("Quicknapping")

First of all, you shouldn't be allowed to review a movie if you don't watch all of it, I keep seeing reviews that say they turned it off after so and so amount of time. Those reviews should be disregarded.This movie has tons of problems, BUT I've seen worse. Its not THAT bad. There are parts that are terrible, yes, but again, not THAT bad.The lead character was stupid. There is no way around it. Stephen Dorff's character "Roy" said it best when he calls her "A Train Wreck." There is one scene where the lead character, who has been a victim of carjacking, clearly could have got away from her abductor/car jacker. It is when the bus with all the kids is at the truck stop and she has her son go to the restroom, and sneak onto the bus. She is not in the car and she could have run toward the people and screamed. Or when she is in the truck stop instead of constantly going after 50 cents to call different folks to find out where her son ended up, she should have gone in there saying "I've been kidnapped and carjacked! Please help me! Call the police! Call the police!" But she doesn't....her character is so wishy washy, it is quite irritating to watch.It also starts very boring and there are actually many scene's of action and intense parts that are good, so starting a movie with a drab boring group therapy session was probably not the best idea.What I did like about this movie is that there is some intensity, some good action, the blood looks real, I liked the chase scene with her holding the shot gun, some good comical parts like when he is sprayed in the face with the Binaca and he said "I thought you maced me, you sprayed me with Binaca? I didn't even know they still made that. I smell like a f** candy cane." That is very funny. I also liked Roy's character. I liked his character more than the lead played by the lovely and talented Maria Bello. Sad her character was so irritating, she is an awesome actress, despite what she portrays here. 5 stars.

I like realistic dramas/thrillers; I like to imagine that the movies that I watch could really happen in real life. This movie was so far-fetched that I found myself yelling at the television due to the lead's stupidity. "Just call the police, lady!, Just call the damn police" Without going into detail, I got sick of the movie about 45 minutes into it... The characters were very weak, and the plot was horrible.I could have written myself if someone had asked me...I really can't imagine why people can rate this movie higher than a two or three star...Highly NOT recommended.

"I don't want your money, you got a car don't you...drive" Lorraine (Bello) is having a rough time. Her husband left her with her young son and she has no money. Her night begins with group therapy, then she spends the rest of the money she has on Bagel Bites and gas. It gets worse when Roy (Dorff) comes into her life. He wants a ride, and has a gun to make sure he gets one. Lorraine and her son are now forced to help him. This is a movie that could easily have been a cheesy TV drama. The fact that Bello & Dorff are the actors helps make it into a more tense and exciting thriller. This is the kind of movie that has you hooked 5 minutes in and you are tense and on the edge of your seat the entire time. Stuck between doing what you would think you would do, and what you should do keeps you thinking and engrossed the entire time. Nothing really amazing here, but one of the most tense and exciting thrillers I have seen in a while. Overall, a very good movie that won't disappoint and is very much worth watching. I give it a B+.*Also try - Endure & Firewall