Nerds That Geek Movie Review – ‘No Man’s Land: The Rise of Reeker’

Written by Scott Edwards

They say there is a thin line between life and death, but what if there is something in between? Not knowing what happens when you die, you may be given a decision of whether or not you want to cross over or battle your way out of limbo. If you choose to stay in limbo, is there something or someone that would be trying to make you cross over? Questions that may never be answered may be the hardest ones to ask, but you may want to know as your time on this earth starts to run out.

In the middle of the desert, there is something more dangerous than the heat that is killing people as the Death Valley Drifter has been taking lives at will. Finding his next victim, the Drifter goes to work as always, but this time there is someone watching as Deputy McAllister has spotted something strange along the road. Seeing what the Drifter has been doing to his victims, the deputy runs away in fear, but little does he know that the Drifter is ready to give himself up. Being taken into custody, the Drifter admits to every single one of his victims and is ready for his next assignment that the voices are giving him. As gas is pumped into his cage, the Drifter dies with a smile on his face, since he knows that his work is far from over, it is just beginning on a different playing field.

Harris and his estranged father the sheriff are having breakfast at the local diner and trying to get to know each other once again. As Harris is upset with his father for leaving him and his mother many years ago, he is happy that he is going to be named the new sheriff in the next twenty-four hours. When getting ready to leave, Harris sees on the news that one of the casinos in the area has been robbed but has no idea that the robbers are at the same diner. Seeing the car described in the news report, Harris is ready to jump into action, but the sheriff wants to wait for back up. With a shootout taking place, the main gas pumps are hit, causing an explosion and everyone involved hits the deck only to find that they are the only survivors at the diner.

Not being able to find the backup that they called in, Harris and his father continue to try and apprehend the robbers, but once they take a hostage, things get a little dicey. As Binky and Alex try to get away from the cops with their hostage Maya, they find out that there may be no escape since they cannot find a car to leave in. While attitudes start to die down around the diner, Doctor Allison starts reading the sign in book inside the restaurant and sees that there are 'last words' jotted down but is having trouble understanding their meaning. While there seems to be no answer as to why no one else has shown up from the police department, or anywhere else for that matter, the group is met by a black ghost who seems to know why they are there. The only purpose for this apparition is to kill and the group will all have to find a way to escape this strange new realm that they are trapped within before they become its next victim.

Just when you think you know who the bad guys are, you get a grim reaper thrown into the mix and from the get go, you know that it is the Death Valley Drifter fulfilling his new role in the afterlife. Not having a clue of what is going on after the gas pumps exploded, there are plenty of clues that the group finds, yet are unable to put together about where they are and what will happen to them. I liked how a couple of the characters were able to get on the same page, even though they had no idea what they were up against, along with the real world slowly filtering into their current realm. As each member of the group found out about their fate from the Reeker, you could imagine how the movie would end, and that is not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to a movie of this sort. Stay Scared.

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