Within the thriller “Finish of the Highway,” Queen Latifah and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges play Brenda and Reggie, a lately widowed emergency-room nurse and her ne’er-do-well brother, setting off on a highway journey from Los Angeles to Houston with Brenda’s youngsters (Shaun Dixon and Mychala Lee) behind a station wagon. In Tucson on Day 1, an disagreeable encounter with a few racists is only a harbinger of far worse issues to come back for this foursome, as they make their manner by way of an inhospitable panorama that Reggie likens to Space 51 — besides they’re the aliens. For instance: They witness a homicide within the motel room subsequent door, then Brenda discovers the subsequent day that Reggie has taken a bag full of money that he discovered within the lifeless man’s rest room. Evidently, they’re rapidly the item of a manhunt — by the unseen mob boss who claims it’s his cash, and by an Arizona state trooper (Beau Bridges) who claims he needs to guard them from the mob boss. Issues play out as you may anticipate — a kidnapping, a rolling gun battle, and numerous and varied rivals for the loot — with one relatively stunning and satisfying flip of occasions to maintain the in any other case predictable plot fascinating. However the principle pleasure is watching what Latifah (who can also be the movie’s government producer) does with the formulaic materials. In her arms, Brenda is a mama bear to not be messed with. R. Accessible on Netflix. Incorporates some sturdy, bloody violence, drug use, sexual scenes and powerful language. 91 minutes.
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