“He Went That Way” opens with a note that “This really (mostly) happened,” but one has to believe the whatever true story the feature is based on is almost certainly more involving than this picture. Screenwriter Evan M. Wiener hopes to stir up some oddity with the tale of a man, his chimp companion, and the killer they’re taking across the country in 1964, creating a relatively simple study of forming relationships during a particularly eventful road trip for the main characters. Director Jeffrey Darling (cinematographer of “Young Einstein,” who passed away in 2022) has an odd tonal challenge with “He Went That Way,” straining to make something threatening and ridiculous, also working on the inner lives of the players. The helmer doesn’t do very well with the strangeness of the endeavor, which wrestles with uneven performances and general lethargy, never reaching its creative goal to be interestingly bizarre. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com