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Rating: Null/10 (12 July 2002)

...and you get drivel.
Truly abysmal. Fails on every single level. Never has motor racing been portrayed as such a deadly dull sport. The script and characters are so wafer-thin as to be non-existent; the direction and editing make the racing look as much fun as a terminal disease; to describe the soundtrack as a tinny racket would be uncharitable to tinny rackets worldwide; the special effects are hilarious (you will laugh out loud at some of the crashes and racing manoeuvres); and ultimately it will only be remembered as the film that inflicted the unearthly monstrosity that is Burt Reynolds' latest facelift on the undeserving world.