Adopt a Highway (2019)

A man is released from prison after many years, and while trying to figure out how the modern world works, he stumbles upon a baby dumped in the trash.

I’ll start with the fact that this is a drama from Blumhouse – the king of low-budget-that-always-turns-a-profit from horrors. I might add that it is quite insightful and existential, and it is surprising in the nicest possible way. My next stop is Logan Marshall-Green, who put on, for the first time, the director’s hat after having also penned the script. Did that come as a surprise? Not at all. Why? Because the guy is a natural. Marshall-Green is one of Hollywood’s most underrated actors – now turned director/screenwriter. His talent needs to be finally acknowledged and get the spotlight he deserves. Then, Ethan Hawke… is something else. It always has been and always will be. He’s one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors and a man who very thoroughly chooses his next project. He hasn’t stopped to amaze since Dead Poet’s Society (1989). The last stop is the sound department, whose work stands out for perfection. From the opening sequence’s ‘voices montage’ to the letter’s reading.

Not everyone is made for this modern world. The full of emoticons, fast-typing, communication, the online slang that ‘infiltrated’ our everyday vocabulary, the mass behaviour that, should one decide not to adopt, will become a pariah, and so much more make people who step out of the crowds to develop case studies. Adopt a Highway looks life in the eye, gives us a bittersweet hope with a twist, and says… ‘Through every dark night, there is a bright day after that.’ – 2Pac.

Well, my heart goes out to the ones who only got to experience the darkness…

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