[1] It stars Danny Aiello, Anne Archer, Michael Biehn, Angelina Jolie and Jack Noseworthy.

Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman, Ellie, who is looking for a ride from the city into the Mojave Desert, where her mother Julie lives.

Al discovers romance with the free-spirited Julie despite the nearby presence of her boyfriend Boyd, who seems likely to go berserk at any moment.

Al heads to a gas station for repairs, following a near run-in with a highway patrolman, when he is interrupted by an attempted robbery.

Just after Al leaves to search for his car, Boyd arrives at the motel, taking the women back to Mojave and locking them in a shed.