- Release Date: 1998
- Runtime: 100 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Starring: Robert Forster, Kevin Pollak, Sherilyn Fenn, David Paymer ... see all
- Director: J.S. Cardone
- Plot: A serial killer is on the prowl in the badlands of Ozona, Oklahoma, and the travelers who intersect at a roadside cafeteria somewhere between Texas and New Mexico are destined... Read more
User Reviews
Serial killer dropped into a character study...
Oct 03, 2007
merklekranz - imdb.com
Oct 03, 2007merklekranz - imdb.com
I liked this movie because of it's excellent character development. All except the serial killer were interesting people. However, the main protagonist was the least developed character, and that weakened the whole film. The converging story lines maintained interest for... Full review
One of Robert Forsters Top Five performances
Feb 18, 2006
frod-3 - imdb.com
Feb 18, 2006frod-3 - imdb.com
Outside Ozona is a creepy, quirky offbeat web of interesting characters woven into a tapestry of American life on the fringes, in the hinterlands. Numerous standout character performances spice up a slow building story- including Kevin Pollak as an acerbic,... Full review
innovative film-making and compassionate POV
Oct 31, 2005
carlacryptic - imdb.com
Oct 31, 2005carlacryptic - imdb.com
This is one of the best films I've seen which I've never been able to turn other people on to. It doesn't seem to exist as a video or DVD rental. I think that's a travesty. It is definitely a... Full review
b movie material certainly but still very entertaining
Jul 31, 2005
miksedene - imdb.com
Jul 31, 2005miksedene - imdb.com
This film is far from the best I've ever seen but its definitely the best B-movie I've ever seen. The structure is Tarantino like with some of the familiar gore. However, this film does not attempt to be funny. This... Full review
Riders on the storm
Dec 07, 2003
dbdumonteil - imdb.com
Dec 07, 2003dbdumonteil - imdb.com
There's a killer on the road.But the movie would have been much better ,if this character had been ruled out.Because the killer who kills in the name of Jesus has become a cliché.Ditto for the "radio vérité".What remains is good... Full review
Pretty entertaining.
Aug 10, 2003
Galen - imdb.com
Aug 10, 2003Galen - imdb.com
I had the trailer for this on one of my movies. Usually I fast forwardthrough all my previews, but I stopped one time when I saw thepreview for it. I thought it looked interesting, and I wanted to see it.... Full review
Nice variation of Pulp fiction
Dec 22, 2001
Da reel Mikestar - imdb.com
Dec 22, 2001Da reel Mikestar - imdb.com
This is a nice, witty, emotional, film! It is a drama/comedy/action intertwining 4 stories into one, all wrapped around a radio program. This film is a nice surprise as it has nice characters who you want to see get ahead,... Full review
A little bit spooky, a lot weird, and well crafted character development.
Jul 09, 2001
darkstrangers - imdb.com
Jul 09, 2001darkstrangers - imdb.com
You just can't judge a book by its cover, ya'know? That nice, harmless looking geek stranded on the side of the road with a broken-down car could very well be a raving, ax murderer.This is a nicely done film dealing... Full review
Rewarding Indie With an All-Star Cast
Nov 16, 2000
Ben Burgraff - imdb.com
Nov 16, 2000Ben Burgraff - imdb.com
'Outside Ozona', an off-beat dark comedy/thriller directed by J.S. Cardone, is a little gem, brightened by a cast of established Hollywood actors. The story involves a serial killer, pursued by agent Lucy Webb (in a role reminiscent of Frances McDormand,... Full review
Surprisingly good!
Sep 07, 1999
Scoopy - imdb.com
Sep 07, 1999Scoopy - imdb.com
It is a truly offbeat dream-poem of a movie about the loneliness of the open prairie roads on the graveyard shift. The plot winds together several seemingly unrelated storylines united by the fact that all the characters listen to the... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Dec 21, 1998theglobeandmail.com
There's an okay thriller and intriguing religious allegory buried under the messy multiple strands of Outside Ozona .....At its best, Outside Ozona 's contribution is small, but worthy:.... ... Full Review
| Dec 18, 1998Chicago Sun-Times
After all the slick formula movies, it's refreshing sometimes to see a film that isn't working from the rule book.....They have a clever scene in which she interrupts his robbery attempt and makes him apologize.... ... Full Review
| Dec 18, 1998Hartford Courant
Having structured his entire film on coincidence, Cardone sets us up not only to accept but expect the kind of cataclysmic convergence of characters toward which "Outside Ozona" ambles awkwardly.
Striving for a cross-section of Populist pie, Cardone isn't short of ideas.
... Full Review
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