Freeway 2 – Highway to Hell (1999)

Freeway 2 – Highway to Hell: Directed by Matthew Bright. With Natasha Lyonne, María Celedonio, David Alan Grier, Vincent Gallo. A teenage prostitute escapes from a juvenile prison with a 16-year-old serial killer and both go on a destructive road trip to Mexico in this twist on the “Hansel and Gretel” fairy tale.

“Matthew Brightu0026#39;s unique retelling of the Brothers Grimmu0026#39;s Hansel and Gretel is a twisted, violent, shocking and entertaining film which takes the u0026#39;road movieu0026#39; concept and injects it with class-A hallucinogenics. The result is a lurid nightmare tale of prostitutes, serial killers, cannibalism and paedophilia.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNatasha Lyonne shows she is capable of far more than just teen comedies by starring as White Girl, a bulimic teenager who poses as a whore in order to savagely attack and rob her u0026#39;tricksu0026#39;. Sent to prison for 25 years, she befriends Cyclona (María Celedonio), a psychologically fragile murderous chronic-masturbator(!) and together they escape and head for Tijuana, Mexico, where Cyclona hopes they can find sanctuary with her childhood protector, Sister Gomez (Vincent Gallo).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis freakish fairy tale is certainly not for mainstream audiences, but those who dig more unusual fare should certainly get a kick from the non-stop weirdness on display. With Brightu0026#39;s array of u0026#39;colourfulu0026#39; characters and a story that unfolds in an unpredictable fashion, the film certainly never bores.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMuch fun can be had spotting the parallels between this film and its source material, Hansel and Gretel. The film uses the theme of food prevalent in the Grimmu0026#39;s classic story, and features an interesting take on the u0026#39;trail of breadcrumbsu0026#39; and a really nasty u0026#39;witchu0026#39;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA heady concoction of exploitation, art-house, action and horror, Confessions of a Trickbaby is recommended to fans of cinemau0026#39;s wild side, and particularly to those who enjoyed Natural Born Killers, with which it shares a similar vibe.”