Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Manthast Absolutely amazing

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

maherbo I'm a child of the 80's, I like cars and heavy metal, yet I never heard of this movie before. I don't know why, because it is a fun movie.I've been watching a lot of low-budget B-movies lately (with the quality that goes with it), and this one was a breath a fresh air. Yes, the story is not that well developed, there are no suspense or surprises in the plot. Apart from NICK CASSAVETES as a psychopath, the acting is often very cold and mechanical. But there is a cartoonish side on the movie that kind of excuses all of that.By reading the comments on IMDb, I was expecting some cheesy car chases with bad editing and bad special effects. Not at all. Very well done, especially knowing it has a limited budget. For the car racing atmosphere, I prefer watching this movie instead of the FAST & FURIOUS series (even the first ones). Yes, there are a lot of unbelievable explosions but, because of the supernatural nature of the movie, everything is possible, right?On the music side, I was turned off at first when the movie began with some cheesy synthesizer music, typical of low-budget 80's movies. Fortunately, this music was just there to announce the supernatural scenes of the movie and soon we are fed with more fun music from Motlëy Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol or Robert Palmer.SHERILYN FENN is astonishingly beautiful in this movie. The young CHARLIE SEEN is good on the eyes for the ladies as well, even though his role is surprisingly thin despite being the hero in the story.Although the main story seems to be about revenge, I like the sub- plots about a guy being jealous of the girl he can never have (completely going wacko which, sadly, happens too often in real life) and about how the hero suggests that you have to stand up to your bully, which do happens later in the movie (the parking lot fight scene and Keri telling off Packard when in the car, going to California).All in all, for me, this movie should be up there with THE TERMINATOR or TOP GUN as a good action movie of the 80's, especially when comparing the budgets of those movies.

FlashCallahan A small desert town has been harassed for months by a gang of drag racers, but so far no one has done anything to stop them. One day, a ghostly black car shows up, challenging members of the group to race, then killing them one by one. Neither the gang nor the police can catch the car or its driver, but some investigating into the gang's past may reveal just who's behind all this....If you want a film showcasing Charlie Sheen's talents from 1986, seek out Platoon, because even though plays the titular character, he hardly has any screen time.This is Nick Cassavettes film through and through, and he is wonderful as the main villain. Of course the film references Ghost Rider and The Crow, but it feels more like Repo Man in some scenes of the film.The Wraith is a very strange creature, wearing calipers for no no good reason, and has moments standing high on mountains not doing very much at all.Fenn is also quite wonderful as basically Cassavettes punch bag, and the rest of his motley crew look like extras from The Road warrior, another film this references.The car is pretty amazing, and surprisingly, the cinematography is pretty beautiful when we are out in the desert.Randy Quaid pops up as the sheriff, and chews up the scenery whenever he appears.It's a good old eighties classic, with a cool soundtrack, cooler hair, and Clint Howard with the coolest hair in the world ever.

videorama-759-859391 Back when Sheen was making a name for himself, this cute little action pic came out. The movie that rides on too little, is a simple revenge tale about a wraith (ghost) apparently a car that Sheen is driving that picks off our baddies, the first one being Ryan O Neal's son. It can vanish like that or suddenly appear, but it does exist. Thick haired, Nick Cassavetes, a very versatile actor, is just the guy you need to play the head baddie, Packard Walsh, and he does it well, while the one goofy looking guy, with the glasses, I'll never forget. Packard likes to race people for their cars, even if the drivers are disinclined. One driver had got fresh with his girl, so he killed him, in a quite nasty scene, hence the revenge, that follows in the mysterious form of Sheen. Hot property, Sherilyn Fenn, one of the film's attributes, especially in red bikini wear, catches the eye of Sheen, the new kind of dorky boy, in town. Worked it out yet, yeah, she's Cassavete's girl, so that really doesn't really sit well with him, so now I've guessed you'd made out the climax. Sorry. Even though there's not much that makes up the film, that watching these faded stars, early in the prime, is enough to carry it along, but that's all it is, an unimpressive yet well acted time passer. Cassavetes had also acted in a film earlier, where the black car was also the star.

bacardicazz This is not a great movie. Nor is it a good one. But for those looking for nothing more than entertainment, this will do. Charlie Sheen stars as Jake, the reincarnation of some guy named Jamie, who rises from the dead and travels through space in a customized Turbo in order to avenge his death. Packard, the antagonist, along with his gang of stupendous engineers are eliminated one by one, and with great ease. The story will surprise no one at any point. Things happen exactly as you'd expect, if you'd turn off your imagination. Photography is contrastingly well done, but gets stunned by poor editing. Just analyze the scene where Sheen and Fenn are peddling through the water: as soon as they have had their 'moment', Sheen turns and they both peddle away. The scene lasts too long and feels like amateur hour. Story wise, nothing makes sense. It is exactly what you'd expect from an 80s B-movie starring Charlie Sheen. Packard kills any guy who so much as looks at his girl, and the whole town knows. Do the police even care? Nope. Too busy throwing around catchphrases like "I don't need a warrant when I have this badge". Charlie Sheen gives such tranquilized performance that it makes me wonder what kind of synthetic drugs were in his system. Man, that speech about bullies and fear... not a single emotion detected! Sherilynn Fenn had trouble retorting after such a dull performance... Luckily, she steals every scene she's in just by being there. In Twin Peaks she was beautiful, here the universe's brightest stars have taken residence in her eyes. Unparallelled hotness! Nick Cassavetes (director of The Notebook!) stars as Packard, a downright evil sociopath. He has evil authority to him, to the point where watching recent interviews with him have a startling effect. And Randy Quaid is Randy Quaid. Always loony, always fun to watch. The inexplicable choice of trying to be taken serious at times whilst being a B-movie, takes the pace out of some scenes. But Randy, when given this dialogue, applies some much needed redneck enthusiasm, making the lines snappy and more digestible. I had fun watching this, but I'm not giving the movie a pass - it being a B-movie in almost every way.