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18 Wheels of Justice

2000–2001 · 2 seasons

A lone trucker drifts through American towns righting wrongs while a distant threat looms, mixing quiet highway melancholy with bursts of action.

Created by
Richard C. Okie
Genres
Drama, Action & adventure, Crime
Starring
Lucky Vanous, Lisa Thornhill, Billy Dee Williams
Overview
Justice Department undercover agent Michael Cates’s family was killed after he testified against crime boss Jacob Calder. Now Cates is working out of an 18 Wheeler under another undercover identity, that of Chance Bowman. As Cates wanders America listening to country music and helping people he is also dodging hit-men and still trying to take down Calder.

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Created by
Richard C. Okie
Genres
Drama, Action & adventure, Crime
Starring
Lucky Vanous, Lisa Thornhill, Billy Dee Williams
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • revenge
  • isolation
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • road trip
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, action & adventure, crime
Created by
Richard C. Okie
Starring
Lucky Vanous, Lisa Thornhill, Billy Dee Williams, G. Gordon Liddy, Krista Allen, John DeMita, Brittney Powell, Sandra Hess
Length
2 seasons, 44 episodes, 60 min each
Network
The New TNN
Languages
English

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