William Smith stars as Lonnie Johnson, a drag racer who is on top of the sport at the moment. He is the star driver for a sponser named Fast Company whch is headed by a crooked man named Phil Adamson (John Saxon).
Johnson and Adamson come to blows many times and when Adamson tells Johnson he cannot race, he decides to steal the car and race it anyway. There are some great drag racing scenes and accidents.
This isn't too bad of a film mixing drag racing and drama with some very mild comedy thrown in as well. The cast handles everything very well, and aside from being directed by Cronenberg, I watched this because of the cast.
The cast includes Claudia Jennings, Judy Foster, Nicholas Campbell and Cedric Smith.
It's a fun way to kill 90 minutes and it's very different from the films Cronenberg is known for. The disc presentation is very good and the colors are crisp and really stand out.
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