“Rest Area” (* out of four) was an abjectly awful action melodrama about a retired navy seal and C.I.A. operative (Andy Barker) who is on his way home after burying a teammate when he runs into a drug dealer who has sold to many former teammates and he has to decide whether to let him live or die. Lame attempt at mixing an action story with clumsy social commentary and writer/co-director/star/co-producer/cinematographer Barker isn’t nimble at either one. Sleep zone may have been a more apt title for this timewaster.

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