I've got to admit - I was impressed. Spielberg does so much with so little in this film, and it certainly keeps you on the edge of your seat. You can really see a lot of Alfred Hitchcock's influence on Spielberg in this film. I particularly liked the sequence where Dennis Weaver's character is attempting to get his overheating car up the mountain side - you really feel the panic of the moment. Speaking of Dennis Weaver, this is the first film I'd ever seen him in, and although I found his voice AND his voice overs a tad grating at times, he really pulled it together in the last 20 minutes or so. The editing in certain parts was God-awful, but it didn't take too much away from the film overall, because the scenery is fantastic; it makes me wish I were back in California (where this was obviously filmed). Good for a Saturday night rental...and you don't have to think too much to enjoy it, if that's what you're looking for.