This movie had to be the most poorly written, asinine movie I have ever seen. The plot was awful and the acting was even worse. The beginning sets the pace as Jamie Foxx and girlfriend (gorgeous) are driving through the desert talking about things that aren't funny and are not relevant to the story. She ends up leaving with a bunch of rednecks for reasons that I couldn't understand and Jamie is left in the dust at the gas station. From then on hardly anything happens worth mentioning. The hostage situation ends when the local cops purchase a charter bus for a small group of people. I didn't understand this part. The town was said to be broke, so why didn't they purchase an old van or something? Whatever. My point is don't watch it unless you are amused by bad writing and acting.