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Highway to Hell (film)

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Highway to Hell is a 1992 film directed by Ate de Jong starring Chad Lowe and Christy Swanson. Charlie Sykes (Lowe) and his girlfriend Rachel Clark (Swanson) run away to Las Vegas to get married. Along the way Rachel is kidnapped by a Hellcop and taken to Hell to become one of Satan's brides, and Charlie must rescue travel to Hell to rescue her. The film was written by Brian Helgeland and was rated "R" by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, profanity, and sexual innunedos.

Storyline

Template:Spoiler Sykes (Chad Lowe) and Rachel Clark (Kristy Swanson) are a young all-American couple that decide to run away and elope in Las Vegas. On the road to Vegas, they ignore the warning of a local gas attendant named Sam (Richard Farnsworth). They take an abandoned background where Rachel is kidnapped by a Zombie Hell Cop who takes her to hell. Charlie goes back to Sam, and Sam explians what it is and how to save her, he gives him a shotgun with special ammo, and a car that holds a special attribute. On the highway, Charlie meets other dead people that live in hell and even a motorcycle gang. On the road, he meets a mechanic named Beezle (Patrick Bergin), with his young apprentice. Beezle gives him tips on how to save his girlfriend and even brings him back to life. After Charlie rescues Rachel, Satan proposes a deal to let them, and his apprentice, go free if they can defeat Hell Cop in a race to the portal that connects Earth and the backroads of Hell.

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