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A failing Los Angeles film student, Alex (Palladino), obsessed with Hong Kong-style action films must find a subject for his documentary thesis film, and that is precisely when he runs into Blue (Rubin). Blue is the retiring "Hit Woman" who has recently moved into his apartment building. Later that night Alex convinces her to let him and his spoiled, hypochondriacal roommate Lars (Jayne) drive across country with her for her final "Hit" in Miami.
During the cross-country trip in Blue's 1967 Mustang Convertible, Alex's frustrations begin to affect the film when he realizes that her job is not nearly as exciting as the action films of which he is so fond. Through his black and white lens we see Blue tell us about running away from her New Orleans foster home at the age of 13, her fear of flying, how and why she became an assassin, and about the Foster Father who sexually abused her. Along the way they also meet a variety of strange characters including, a country singer who can't play the very songs he writes (Vander Ark) and Jelly (Polito), the bar owner who's "famous" Sour Toe Cocktail is served with a severed toe in the glass. "Don't forget to catch it in your teeth."
Alex finally gets what he has been looking for with the "Hit" in Miami, and becomes so enamored with "real" violence that he persuades Blue to make one final "personal" stop before she retires from the business... New Orleans. When Blue looks into the eyes of the man who has haunted her for 15 years, all of her suppressed rage comes flowing out in a violent tirade that even has Alex rethinking his motivations.
A dark and biting satire that has the audience uncomforatable while still laughing out loud, Road Kill evokes thoughts of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, and the Belgian film Man Bites Dog, while maintaning its own hilarious originality.
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