102 minutes, 1 hour and 42 minutes, 6120 seconds, not a long time for a film, in fact an average film length you might argue, yet Shuttle made 102 minutes seem like 180 minutes, however it should not be such a surprise from a film made up of not so successful TV actors. The acting in the film is disappointing even when taking into account the stature of the actors the story is also so predictable and the twists along the way can be guessed in advance, the only surprising part of the film is the motive of the villain at the end.
The film centres around two girl friends who just arrive back from holiday late at night and meet two male friends coming off the plane, they all decide to take the late night shuttle, having a choice of two shuttles they take the cheaper option, a choice they will soon regret. They are joined on the shuttle by a middle-aged man and the driver, once they get deep into the depths of a dark part of town a car tries to run them off the road and a tyre needs changing, one of the men comes out to help change the tyre when the driver drop the truck on his hand to jar it between the truck and the tyre. It is from then on that the drivers intentions become more clear, but what he wants is not clear as he makes each of them partake in simple but strange tasks, such as buying items in the supermarket nd withdrawing money off of credit cards.
As the passengers begin to try to fight back the driver picks them off one by one, but why would he go through all of this just for some petty cash, surely there is a deeper motive to all of this.
The film drags on for too long however if you are interested in watching this I would recommend that you watch the first half an hour or so and the last twenty minutes, you would not miss anything important in between and to be fair when the driver shows his true colours the film becomes watchable for a while. Also the final twist although very far-fetched and quite ridiculous, it is original and worth a watch.
Run Time – 102 minutes
Film Rating – 6/20
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