Lost
Starring Dean Cain, Ashley Scott, Danny Trejo
Written and Directed by Darren Lemke

A direct-to-video movie starring ex-Superman, Dean Cain, by a first time director. It has bad movie written all over it, doesn’t it? Well, that is what I would have thought too -- until I watched Lost. Lost (not to be mistaken with the TV series), the 2004 direct-to-video flick actually delivers, unlike so many other direct-to-video flicks that don’t.

Dean Cain stars as Jeremy Stanton, who at first appears to simply be a business man lost somewhere in the middle of the Nevada desert. He has been driving and driving and driving, struggling to find his way to a place called Red Ridge. But as he continues to drive, receiving shotty directions from a road-side assistance operator (Ashley Scott) and phone calls from his wife wondering how much longer it is before he comes home -- we begin to sense that Jeremy Stanton is becoming a great big metaphor for life. He is a man with a wife and a young son, a man at a point in his life where he is at a crossroad, and a man desperately looking for “signs” to point him in the right direction. We find out he is lost in life and on the road. Earlier in the day he helped rob a bank, double crossed one of his partners, and is now on the run from the authorities and the bad guys. All he wants to do is make it back to his family so they can start a new life. Can he figure it all out in time? Watch the movie.

Dean Cain really shows us he can act in Lost. He goes from a man who is in complete control to a man who realizes that life can’t be controlled. Dean Cain gives us a multi-layered performance in this film. Writer/director, Darren Lemke, utilizes the desert environment perfectly, creating a tension filled and emotionally dizzying story, proving again that you don’t need a big budget to tell a great story -- all you need is a great story.

Since Lost was not released in theatres, next time you are at the video store, I strongly suggest you drop a couple of dollars and check out Lost. You won’t be sorry.


THE RUNDOWN:

The Good: A great direct-to-video flick that will surprise you with how good it is.

The Bad: It never got a theatrical release and can only be found on video.

The Law: Go rent Lost, tonight!