Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

nunley75 Yes Virginia there is a Devil and his name is David DeCoteau.From the moment we meet Jesse, our hero of the film, we know we are in for more of the classic DeCoteau treatment. You see Jesse is returning from "Who the Hell really cares?" to do something shirtless. Yes like all of the Devil's movies Jesse walks into town shirtless. When there is no plot or good actors the Devil gives you shirtless men.As Jesse walks into town he runs into his archenemy Otto and his crummy little toady Chain Gang. Guess what? They're shirtless too. Imagine that. After the typical "You'll better stay out of my way College Boy" crap we move on. (unfortunately) At Jesse's family garage we meet his little brother Mikey, also shirtless. Mikey is an interesting character because when you meet him you'll notice his giant saucer nipples.Then we meet the rest of Otto's gang. Clutch Axle, Road Rage, Wiper and Chopper. Road Rage is about the only one with a cool name. But the name doesn't fit this movie. It needed to be stupid like the other. How about "Hood latch" or "Brake pad?" Maybe "Dipstick." Yeah that's it. But let's move on to Wiper. Wiper? He must have drawn the short straw when Otto was handin out names. Ooops! I almost forgot to say that Clutch, Axle, Road Rage, and Wiper is also shirtless.And then there is Chopper. Peppermint Patty all grown up and working on cars. "Sir." We also meet Otto's girlfriend and Jesse's one true love. But who care.Otto shows up challenges Mikey to a race which ends with Mikey getting killed in a car crash when Otto summons the powers of his Speed Demon. The Speed Demon is this necklace that connects Otto to his Speed Demon, Mikaleth. (love the name) So with his brother dead Jesse tries his best to act stricken by the loss. When low and behold Jesse finds a Speed Demon necklace that belonged to his father. Now with the necklace Jesse unknowingly sets a murderous Speed Demon ( a guy in an black jacket, pants and helmet riding around in a car running the bad guys over or making magical chains wrap around their throats) loose on Otto's gang.Meanwhile in Otto's hideout he and the guys (minus Chopper) perform their ritual to praise Mikaleth. This consists of them stripping down to their underwear and rubbing oil or blood??? on their bodies. Wow shirtless and rubbing stuff on their bodies. Wow.After all this is over Jesse's Speed Demon begins killing Otto's men. Somewhere in there Jesse and the girl fall for each other and Otto and the gang perform the Mikaleth half-naked-oil-rub-down-ritual two or three more times.In the end Jesse and his girl have to battle Otto and Chopper to the death. Otto gains control of Jesse's necklace and becomes all-powerful. Now that Otto is all-powerful Jesse's Speed Demon driver shows up. Turns out it was the girl Jesse loved and Otto had been "Boffin". But what chance do they have when Otto is all-powerful? What do you do to stop him? She runs him over with the car "Austin Powers" style and that's that.85 minutes of torture from the Devil of movies Daivd DeCoteau. If movies like this can get made then I know I can make a movie. And you can too.Perhaps DeCoteau needs to team up with Uwe Boll. Could you imagine the "Horror"?

waynerd stadler If you enjoy watching a handful of rejected male underwear models who can't act walk around pretending they have the slightest clue about cars then this is a movie for you.Being a huge muscle car fan, coming from a hot rod background and also being a huge movie fan I have to say this is the worst "car" (and I use that term loosely) movie I've ever seen. I can't possible write a spoiler here as there was no plot to spoil, the screenplay is awful. Find me one muscle car mechanic that would rub ANYTHING (let alone blood) on the bare chest of another mechanic while prancing around in their ginch and I'll recommend them this waste of 75 minutes.This movie was classified as a "high octane thriller" on my movie channels visual guide. My grandmother could have done better stunt driving in the one scene that actually had some action. The rest of the movie consisted of horrible acting by bare chested college boys, excruciatingly lame dialog and 3 minutes scenes of these morons walking in slow motion to some substandard death metal.The story reeks, the acting is painful to watch and the directing was downright embarrassing. Watch how many times the "evil" chick has to watch where she's walking in the "oh so suspenseful" girlie stalking scene, ridiculous! Thank good I didn't pay anything for this waste of time.

Hunter1114 When I saw the movie 'Shock Waves' (1977), I thought I had, without a doubt, seen the worst movie ever made. I must now apologize to director Ken Wiederhorn for having thought so. Director David DeCoteau's 'Speed Demon' (2003) is worse. DeCoteau can do good work but this isn't an example of it.(Potential Spoilers Ahead)Let's start with the setting. Wherever this town is that these kids live, there is almost nobody else living there but them. The film was very shy on, almost devoid of, extras to give the feel of an actual living, breathing community with some depth to it. Perhaps this is because the director moved from his familiar campus settings, with a heavy student population to draw from for extras, out into a wider world where extras cost more money. I can understand wanting to keep costs down, but the lack of a believable population gives the movie an odd feel to it.This town also, apparently, has some odd ordinances that require men under the age of, say, 25 to all wear sunglasses but mostly prohibit the wearing of shirts, except to funerals and other public functions. It's a shame that the story was not as well built as the bodies.Good horror depends on proper setup in order to make the viewer suspend disbelief and buy into the world that the director is creating. A brief mention of a 'Speed Demon' near the beginning of the film does not suffice. Flashbacks, or some other device, could have been employed at the beginning to set the stage and give more depth to the premise. When the lead actor talks about the speed demon before a fateful race, it rings hollow, more like high school gossip than urban legend.The fateful race was entirely predictable and came too early in the film to allow the viewer to develop any empathy for the unlucky character or his brother. It had none of the tension of, say, any of the race sequences from 'Rebel without a Cause' or even 'The Fast and the Furious' and 'The Wraith', which were the most likely inspirations for this film.The characters were shallow and did not elicit the empathy, sympathy or strong dislike that good characters have to do if the movie is going to work well. This was due in no small part to the fact that, generally, the acting was poor and distracted from what story there was. As an example, the lead villain delivered his lines in a consistently stiff, emotionless manner that was guaranteed to cure insomnia. To anyone who has seen other DeCoteau movies, the villain's wooden delivery would remind one of Bradley Stryker (The Brotherhood, et al), except that Stryker's tone of voice occasionally varied. However hokey the supernatural premise, almost any occult ritual scene can be made to work on some level if the lead actor has enough charisma to pull it off; think Michael Des Barres in 'Ghoulies' (1985). Des Barres performance was definitely over the top but it definitely didn't put the viewer to sleep, either. The lead villain in Speed Demon's occult ritual sequences leant no charisma whatsoever to the scenes and they came across as tedious frat initiations. This was not helped by DeCoteau's now-familiar, and tired, device of massage, to say nothing of underwear, either by doing it to one's self or with the help of a friend.Forgive me for picking on the lead villain...there's plenty of banality to go around for the whole cast.And the twist ending? Please. Not believable. The dark driver should've just driven off into the west, leaving them wondering about 'his' real identity similar to Eastwood's Preacher in 'Pale Rider'.Let this be a warning to young, aspiring directors: Well developed pecs and abs are no substitute for a well developed story. To you young actors out there: There's absolutely nothing wrong with developing one's body, but pay attention in drama class; don't just sign up for it and then head for the gym. Develop and work at your craft or you may someday find yourself living back home with your parents while trying to scrounge money for head shots and wondering why your agent doesn't return your calls.

jh1keener I saw the movie in the video store, knowing i had to see it, i'm a huge car guy. And the 1970 chevelle SS pictured on the front is my favorate car ever. I collect 70 chevelle memorabilia. I knew the movie would be horrible and it was, down to the film making the cars swap sides of the road as the camera changed locations. or typical car movie sudden burst of speed when you should have the pedal mashed to begin with. The homosexual overtones, the horrible acting and plot (plot, what plot?) ALL COULD HAVE BENN FORGIVEN. IF. . .They got the freaking car right!!!!! it is a 71-72 chevelle rearend and a 70 chevelle front. horrible, just horrible.this movie has no redeeming value