Road to Hell

Road to Hell is Albert Pyun’s unofficial sequel to the 1984 fable Streets of Fire. The whole project is quite ambitious, as it hits more often than it misses, but it does suffer from a few technical issues. The whole movie is shot entirely on a green screen, and Pyun has considered scrapping some of the project in order to go with a more Sin City black & white feel. Since there is no final version, we’re setting tech stuff aside to focus on the storyline that will be offered in Road to Hell.

Michael Paré and Deborah Van Valkenburgh will be reprising their roles from the original film, as Cody and his sister, which provides the link between the films. Road to Hell opens with her giving a brief summary of events which has brought her mercenary brother to the point of madness, which is where the story starts. Cody has a single mission, which is to find Ellen, in hopes she can be his salvation. Cody soon finds he’s not alone in Edge City, where people who’ve blurred the line between dark and light go to have their soul reborn.

The story is solid, especially considering it builds off of an already established 20 year old movie. It will be interesting to see how the technical aspects of the movie come through to make the story shine, but we’ll be keeping our eye on it.