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release dateMay 1998directorKevin HooksstarringPatrick Swayze
Randy Travis
Meat Loaf
Charles S. Duttonrun time & Rating1h 29m / PG-13fun factPatrick Swayze actually had a CDLwhere to watchAmazon Prime

When it hit theatres in 1998, critics didn’t feel Black Dog had any bite. Marjorie Baumgarten of The Austin Chronicle indicated there had not been a decent truck-driving movie since the glory days of CB radios. And if we expected Black Dog to somehow change that, we would be sorely mistaken.
Baumgarten wasn’t alone either. Critics from the Boston Globe, Las Vegas Review-Journal, and the Detroit News all dumped hard on Black Dog. 

However, over 25 years later, this 18-wheeled action flick holds a particular awesomeness and a certain nostalgia. It popped up recently while I was scrolling through Amazon Prime, and I couldn’t resist watching it again. The last time I saw it was on VHS. 

Black Dog Synopsis

The late Patrick Swayze plays Jack Crews, a former truck driver now trying to put his life back together after serving time for vehicular manslaughter.

Unable to drive after...