this was an OK flick...I suppose

Rating: 6/10 (9 March 2005)

My husband and I like racing, so we thought this was a good choice. It is and isn't a good movie for reasons I will elaborate on later. I must say some of the things that happened were a bit over the top- ie; the coin pickup thing during trials, the wreck that goes into the woods...just how far did this car fly, anyway?..the race between the two guys in the new racing models...(although I must say while unrealistic, it WAS action packed.) and I think above all, the humming! What an element of cheese this was! The good news is that they really didn't play into what again the 'classic' movie would have you played into....the guy gets the girl...he thought he had her but in the end she goes back with her husband. I thought he was going to die(Bly) trying to save that guy trapped under the car in the water... but they all got out OK.. because they have you liking this guy (Bly) throughout the film, and I really thought they were going to have him die off in a crash or something. But he ends up championing the last big race and becomes Champion, which is cool because you like the guy and you're happy to see him win in the end. I really like the way he plays a confused young man...I thought he got too steamed too quick about the girl...although I guess she WAS leading him on...or something. Stallone and Reynolds, I guess because they have been in so many movies, and, with all due respect, they are true relics, they make a movie seem almost unwatchable, because they ARE Stallone and Reynolds. I mean, they could have produced it but let some new person who needs the break star in it! That would have given it a shot of reality that it needed. I would say it is an okay movie. Action packed, not graphic, good racing footage.