何の理由もなく、大型トレーラーに命を狙われる不条理サスペンス。スティーヴン・スピルバーグ監督がTVドラマ用に監督した記念すべきデビュー作で、その卓越した恐怖演出が話題となり、後に劇場公開もされた。

Due to his poor health, Dante Kathlego loses his job, which causes some friction between him and his wife, Alisha. She still decides to travel to Melbourne to promote Dantes new novel. While Alisha is away, Dante is unable to drive so he enlists his best friend Mike to be his driver and companion, however; Mike is reckless, known to take risks and put himself, and others, in serious danger. Meanwhile, in Melbourne, Alisha meets the rich, handsome and dangerous Nate who convinces her to abandon her children and family. This starts a chain reaction of violence, death, heartbreak and trauma where no one is left unharmed by these irreversible choices.