A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by a malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
DVD Release Date: August 17, 2004
Stats: 1,614 reviews
Great film, it?s kind of like Jaws but with a truck! In fact, the scene in which Jaws dies uses the same sound effect and is almost a copy of the scene in which the truck goes over the cliff. Spielberg says so himself in the extras. Dennis Weaver is sorely missed.
An average TV move that has survived the sand of time just because one of the credits is "directed by Steven Spielberg". Duel deals with a business man on the road in practically the middle of nowehere where he runs into a truck that wants to kill him over cutting him off (callin...( read more)
the one that spielberg set the standard with for all the truck chasing car flicks that came afterwards... e.g. joy ride, half of jeepers creepers and that one with kurt russell in it where his wife gets kidnapped. it isn't the best of the lot but it is the original idea. i think ...( read more)
One of the 10 most intense and suspensful movies of all time and it was done so with little dialogue and absolute fantastic camera work. Spielberg manages to make a truck look as menacing as any human villain in movie history. Young Spielberg at his finest, which is sad because I...( read more)
Exceeded my expectations, at least. I thought this film will bore the hell out of me, but it didn't. But still, the chase scenes are too long and they dragged too much.
An early Steven Spielberg movie which is just concerned with a driver of a car and a truck driver who is out to get him. A good movie for its day.
Makes you wonder "what if"? The voice over was pretty annoying. Weaver genuinely looked terrified.
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