Product Details

• Actors: Natasha Lyonne, María Celedonio, David Alan Grier, Vincent Gallo, April Telek
• Directors: Matthew Bright
• Writers: Matthew Bright
• Producers: Bob Perkis, Brad Wyman, Charles Band, Chris Hanley, Donald Kushner
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Coast Capital Partne
• VHS Release Date: October 19, 1999
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00001ODHY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,617 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't eat the tamales, March 27, 2000

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Bhanu Dhir "[e-mail]" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby (DVD)

I thought that Freeway was weird but gripping: it has a unique feel (that can also be experienced in Modern Vampires). This movie is something else.

I do not know why it is called Freeway 2 other than to attract audiences taken in by the first film. It has no common characters (at least none that I could remember) and only the trickbaby and social abuse themes are the same.

This is a movie of two very unequal halves. The first half involves White Girl and Cyclona in a juvenile jail. White Girl has been unfairly imprisoned and Cyclona killed her family. There are the usual stereotypes and a really good projectile vomit scene. They escape and create a trail of chaos witeh the extent of Cyclona's mental illness becoming clear.

The best part of the movie is when they hit Tijuana. Now it gets really BIZARRE! Vincent Gallo is a cannibal, cross dressing, religious nut with a penchant for making child-sex movies that pretends to cure Cyclona of her demons and attempts to overfeed White Girl to health.

Well, it doesn't make any sense but it does have a happy ending (not too far unrelated to Hansel and Gretel).

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!, December 27, 2004

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Crowsdreamofdeth (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby (DVD)

Being a fan of the original "Freeway," I almost did not rent this movie because it is not a continuation of the first movie. In fact, it doesn't even have the same actors as the first and its plot is completely different. Also, the video cover suggests that the movie is a low budget b-rated flick with terrible acting and an even worse plot. I was pleasantly surprised. If you are a fan of the original than you will absolutely love this movie. Its darker, more perverted, twisted and sick. Its a dark disturbing movie that delves into as many dark and taboo themes as one could ask for. Cannibalism, serial killing, bulimia, lesbianism, psychopaths, fantasy..this movie has it all. I also loved the inclusion of a fairy tale theme that was actually more a part of the movie than the little red riding hood was in the original. Definitely a must see!

15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Natural Born Killers meets Pedro Almodovar, February 1, 2001

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Eddie Landsberg "My 10th year as a reviewer !... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freeway 2 - Confessions of a Trickbaby [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Let me begin by saying that this is one of those films that you'll either love or hate. I don't think there's too much of an in between...

This film is proof that not all the great "cult classics" were made a thousand years ago. Its also proof (like one of my other faves Liquid Sky) that a movie can be very campy *and* very well directed at the same time. - - Its also proof that you can have a female action hero who doesn't spend the entire film giggling and, trying to win back her old boyfriend, and who has to look cut, ditzy and vulnerable at the same time. I think Natasha Lyonne is one white girl as hard edged as Pam Grier and Shaft combined... She's great at delivering those Clint Eastwood gone awfully awry type lines, and no one can act at barfing like her... in fact, she spends practically the entire film binging, purging, runnin' from the law, and making sure her psychopath serial killer friend takes her meds so... oops, she doesnt accidentally kill another one before reaching the refuge of the mysterious Sister Gomez, who is cooking up a bit of evil via the secret ingrediants of her tacos and enchiladas

As the film progresses, the story line becomes more and more campy and off the wall - - yet it is so well directed that despite the outrageously ludricous finale it works... - - the way things unfold, the great cast, some of the hillarious dialogue, the way things suddenly all tie in together, and the sound track too !

Here's my pick for some great before after watching. Before : Faster Pussycat Kill, Kill, Kill - - after, John Water's Cecil B. Demented which *IMHO* is not as well directed, but compliments this nicely and was afterall, directed by one of the godfathers of this genre.