Promise (2008) Online
A single car travels along a lonely mountain road in the mountains of northern Arizona, its headlights cutting through the thick shadows of the forest around them. Within the car are Jesse and Selene, two young lovers escaping the uncertainty of their impending graduation for a night in an effort to reconcile their struggling relationship. Their romantic evening together becomes a harrowing nightmare as they are pursued off the main highway and onto a remote trail by a truck that bears down on them even as Jesse attempts to outrun it. Just as they are about to be overtaken by the vehicle, red emergency lights are lit up from its roof, revealing that they have just attempted to escape a State Trooper. Jesse pulls over, but the police vehicle continues past them on the road at breakneck speed, disappearing around a bend up ahead. They continue on their way, only to find that the State Trooper never made it to its destination; the Trooper is pinned down in his immobilized vehicle, ...
Credited cast: | |||
Ron Berg | - | Cyrus | |
Ron Bowen | - | Abraham | |
Michael Butler | - | Sgt. Lane | |
Mike Butler | - | Sgt. Lane | |
Kim Cifuentes | - | Sarah | |
Seth Gandrud | - | Mason | |
Kurt Kubicek | - | Jesse | |
Marcello Mazzilli | - | Zachary | |
Bart Overbey | - | Hyrum | |
Debbie Overbey | - | Aimee | |
Angelo Rea | - | Nathan | |
John Rea | - | Malachi | |
Tim Richards | - | Riker | |
Matt Robinson | - | Brody | |
Tiffany Shepis | - | Bethany |
The enforcers for the cult, the Danites, are based on the bodyguards for Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The cult depicted in the film is based on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The character of Abraham was modeled after Warren Jeffs, who was the leader of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints in Colorado City, Arizona and was arrested in August of 2006 for accomplice to rape.
The movie that scares Selene in the second flashback is The Collingswood Story (2002)