This truly is one of the best car chase movies I've seen! It is comparable to Bullit, Ronin, Gone in 60 Seconds, etc. It is a classic combination of guns, explosives, & high speed car chases (and crashes!). While it is a lesser-known title than the others in its genre, the movie is action-packed from almost the very beginning through to the end. Additionally, this is the only movie I've seen wherein the main character is chased in a Cadillac Eldorado. Whether intentional or not, I found it somewhat ironic that the three cars involved in the main chase scene in the movie were each one from the Big 3 U.S. auto manufacturers. There's a GM, Ford, & Chrysler vehicle; I guess H. B. Halicki wanted to give equal recognition to each of the Big 3. In my opinion, the only reason it is not a perfect 10 is due to the mediocre acting and the distracting and sometimes annoying sub-plot. However, this still is a must-see for the car chase fanatic!

Stunt driver, filmmaker and shaggy-haired, Elvis chop-sideburned, ultra-macho "I do whatever I please" millionaire H.B. Halicki, the unfairly neglected genius who gave us the awesome 70's drive-in car chase humdinger "Gone in 60 Seconds," basically plays himself in this stupendously crazed vanity project. Halicki stars as Harlan Hollis, a filthy rich moneybags with three blockbuster pictures and a teeming amount of cash to his name. While en route to the James Dean festival to promote his latest movie a bunch of assassins attempt to punch Halicki's mortality ticket, which results in a truly amazing all-out frantic mondo destructo car chase punctuated with grueling slow motion, occasional freeze frames, wired, hyperactive, tirelessly mobile cinematography, a wild score which neatly combines loud-blasting rock'n'roll with kick-up-the-dirt lively country tunes, bright yellow explosions, generous dollops of lowbrow humor, punchy editing, a swift, unflagging pace, and a strange conclusion at the Hollywood Cineramadome.As with "Gone in 60 Seconds" both the plot and characters are tissue thin, with a noted emphasis instead on wall-to-wall vehicular carnage. Over 120 vehicles get spectacularly demolished: assorted vans, trucks, campers, souped-up hot rods, pick-ups, and more police cars than you can shake a nightstick at smash into each other, go off cliffs, veer all over the road, break in half, barrel down hills, create massive pile-ups, crash through houses, and generally make enough twisted scrap metal for a dozen junkyards. Add some nifty behind-the-scenes film-with-a-film footage, a snazzy cast which includes late, great folksy singer/songwriter Hoyt Axton, Christopher Stone as Hollis' brother-in-law, and Lynda Day George as a festival news reporter, a musical guest appearance by Freddy Cannon and the Belmonts, Eleanor the Mustang from "Gone in 60 Seconds," and a total dearth of needless high-falutin' pretense, and this baby's status as a surefire winner is completely in the bag, buddy.

I just picked up this little gem on DVD. If you are a fan of 1980's era car chase flicks then this a fun, cheesy ride. While not as gritty as the legendary GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS(a true classic of outlaw filmaking,) this one boasts slicker production values and the World's Record for most vehicles wrecked in a movie. Full of thrilling stunts, gratuitous car crashes, sexy eighties ladies and a prize winning pig. By the way, the DVD is great. Great picture and lots of bonus footage(A peak at H.B. Halecki's car and toy collection is a treat.) Have fun.

Eight years on from the original, GONE IN 60 SECONDS 2: THE JUNKMAN (As it was known pretty much everywhere outside the US) was a vastly bigger budgeted exercise in fender-bending. Whilst boasting a couple of the greatest auto stunts ever filmed, including a car flying OVER a plane, the film does not have the rawness of the original that made it the unique experience in auto-wrecking it was. They even managed to get Lynda Day George and Christopher Stone on to the pay roll!The "chase" this time sees Halicki being pursued by two hitmen and one slinky and mega-cool hitwoman with designer handguns. Much of the car crashes are obviously deliberate and lack the spontaneity of the '74 flick. However the scene wherein Halicki tosses a live grenade over his head on to the guy behind him that blasts the Chev right over Halicki's Caddy, is the one to watch for. Ive never seen better in any action movie. Heaps of reminders of the original in terms of posters and even a premiere for GONE IN 60 SECONDS. We are even privileged to see the original "Eleanor"....the crushed and battered yellow Mach 1 from the original movie (that Halicki kept for years as his most prized possession!) It infuriated me that Nicolas Cage was permitted to use that name for his Shelby Mustang in the 2000 remake, of which the less said, the better. It could never be anything but Harlan's!For those of you who do not know, H B Halicki died doing what he loved best in August 1989, attempting an auto stunt for a sequel to GONE IN 60 SECONDS that was never completed. Doubtless he is in his element somewhere in that great garage in the sky!