Earlier this month we shared the news that Vertical Entertainment had acquired all U.S. rights to the Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler-starring SCENIC ROUTE at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival, and today we have a brand new trailer for the thriller, and much like the teaser we shared with you back in February, it seems very spoilerish. But I wouldn't bet against directors Kevin and Michael Goetz and screenwriter Kyle Killen having a few other tricks up their sleeves with this one, which first premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival to strong reviews. Check out the insanity below.
Mitchell (Josh Duhamel) and Carter (Dan Fogler), life-long friends who have drifted apart, are on a road trip when their old pickup breaks down, leaving them stranded on an isolated desert road. Nobody can pick apart a man like his best friend, and as the relentless elements of the desert grind them down, they start to attack each other’s life decisions with unwavering brutality. As they question who they are and who they could have been, their agitation leads to physical confrontation and ultimately knife-wielding madness, and what begins as an inconvenience becomes a very real life or death struggle.
SCENIC ROUTE (and Duhamel's awesome mohawk) hits theaters on August 23 2013.