Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

StuOz A truck transports very important content, but the driver (David Janssen) is unclear what the content is?I am the seventh person to review this film! However, I don't think that figure suggests a lack of interest in this TV movie, but rather a lack of worldwide screenings: I don't think anybody has seen it! (I just found it on YouTube).I did not turn to this flick because I am big on truck movies. I went to it because I like David Janssen, who is best known as Richard Kimble in QM's The Fugitive series (1963-67).Kimble was on the road for 120 Fugitive episodes and he always found time to find a cute girl, well guess what...both things happen all over again in this film! But that is good, this sort of feels like "The Fugitive: Six Years Later" with ten times more action than usual.And as with all Fugitive episodes, it is very well scripted. Hijack might not be the most memorable flick ever made, but it is very well made with fine location filming, action, gun play and a great ending!

MissClassicTV This made-for-TV movie is very nicely paced. There's a steady rhythm to the story and I was pulled along for the duration of the movie. There's a lot of driving since they're going from California to Texas, but it's not boring. There's some of everything. The action and crisis points are well done. The dialogue is pared down and snappy. No long-winded discussions. Each scene is succinct and easy to follow.I really, really enjoyed this movie. David Janssen leads the cast and his acting is always so good, so natural, and he is so relatable. He just makes you root for him. The character he plays (Jake) is a nice person, a good friend, dependable, always calm and steady. Soft spoken and kind, yet tough. Kind of the perfect man.Right from the start, the bond between Jake and his friend Donny is apparent. Jake asks about his health, his wife. I like that there's no complaining about women, which can be common in buddy/buddy movies. Throughout the movie, you hear and see Jake's concern for Donny's health. It's a tight friendship.Jake meets a young woman named Eileen at a road-side stop in a small town. She's also warm, calm, independent. Their interaction is pleasant and a welcomed reprieve - a nice detour on this road trip loaded with trouble. David Janssen, Keenan Wynn and Lee Purcell are all very good. It's a fun movie. Watch it for the action, fights, explosions, and especially the very fine performances of the cast. I recommend it.

lightninboy This TV movie was Black Dog, Thunder Run and The Road Warrior all rolled into one, though it was made before the others. David Janssen from the TV series The Fugitive is a truck driver who has lost his truck driving license. It will be temporarily reinstated if he drives a load from Los Angeles to Houston, and, upon completion of the run, it will be permanently reinstated. Gee, can the law really be manipulated like that? Didn't that happen in Black Dog? Keenan Wynn plays his co-driver. They drive one of the White Freightliner cabovers popular at that time. Along the way, people try to highjack the load. Gee, didn't that happen in Thunder Run? They stop for a while in the desert. Will they make it to Houston? And what were they hauling, anyway?

KDWms If they'd have set up a completely do-able police escort, then this movie would not have been necessary. It's about two truckers (Janssen and Wynn) who, absent any official assistance, contract (for much more than usual pay) to drive an 18-wheeler to Houston, some distance away. We are led to believe that their trailer contains top-secret private-sector-to-government cargo, which is of interest to a gang of interceptors willing to kill to get it. In addition to the attempted foils of the bandits (including tampering with the rig; setting up a bogus road-block and detour; even a helicopter attack), the duo is also delayed by the overweightness of the equipment and police interest in Janssen's unregistered hand-gun. A problem-solving letter carried by the pair, however, gets them out of those binds, but, for some reason, that escort/relay wasn't arranged. And, amongst all this, Janssen even has time for a little romance. That pretty much tells everything except the conclusion. My guess, though, is that only about 5 of 10 will consider this trip worthwhile. Oh, and by the way... notice how - in the opening scene - Janssen comes boppin' in in his bob-tail; yet we learn a short time later that his driver's license has been suspended.