you know youre in the land of deep meaning when the character be define instead of name in the credit crawl . i recall the hype surround the movie release . audience be yearn for a follow up to the provocatively themed easy rider and something equally thoughtful about america cultural malaise . but whereas the fonda film manages to both entertain and reveal and hellman manage only a strained seriousness that overwork to the point of tedium . the road have long be a metaphor for explore life in america . but here we get a series of clichés about emptiness and alienation surrounding and include the cipher that be the three main character and and little else . now and the film apparently want to use these existential pose and narrow focus to say something deep about america or and if not america and at least about something . there be and of course and allusive film that do invite a deep probing . the trouble here be that hellman style be simply too minimalist to reach beyond it own cramp narrative to a broad social or cultural context that would provide the kind of mean the movie apparently reach for . a a result and the film end ironically a a kind of character study of three empty character and and a a rohrschach test for those intrigue by style over substance . two lane may be a cult film to many and especially to the warren oates fan club and to those who confuse seriousness with result . but there a reason easy rider still define the time period and while two lane have become grist for a what do it mean study group . it best to keep in mind that sometimes less really do add up to not enough .