Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
1999 film by Matthew Bright
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby is a 1999 black comedy crime thriller film written and directed by Matthew Bright. The sequel to Freeway (1996), it stars Natasha Lyonne as Crystal "White Girl" Van Meter and María Celedonio as Angela "Cyclona" Garcia. While the first film was partly inspired by "Little Red Riding Hood", the second film is somewhat based on "Hansel and Gretel". It was an international co-production between the United States and Mexico.
In the film, 15-year-old prostitute White Girl is imprisoned for robbing her customers. She escapes from a minimal-security hospital, alongside 16-year-old serial killer Cyclona. Cyclona promises that her new partner (and love interest) White Girl can get medical help by Cyclona's former caretaker Sister Gomez. Sister Gomez turns out to be a witch, cult leader, cannibal and child pornographer.
Plot
Crystal "White Girl" Van Meter is a 15-year-old prostitute who is sentenced to 25 years for a long list of crimes that include beating up and robbing her customers. Transferred to a minimum security hospital to seek treatment for bulimia, White Girl teams up with Angela "Cyclona" Garcia, a lesbian teenage serial killer.
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