Cool-ified No Man's Land (1987)

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 2002)

This movie's been called a rip-off from Gone in 60 Seconds. Well I'd add up No Man's Land (1987) to the list; minus the unhappy ending. Same story: undercover cop goes into the biz, gets the thrill of racing. Difference is that this flick looks "cooler" because of the cars, the hard rock, the chicks ... even though this clandestine drag-racing exists, it was pushed to the "way too unreal" world. I doubt any street racer would have his car filled with "Verisign","Verizon" and other propaganda; it would bring even more attention to the cops. Its street racing, not NASCAR.
It is mildly entertaining, but there is merely ONE car chase scene in the whole movie (more like a "chase the bike" scene). The dialog's cheesy, the plot's swiss-cheesed (full of holes), and there is no real action (except for the aforementioned scene). There's not even enough racing, for the movie tries to develop the "plot" ... without success.
If you are looking for car chase movies, go get No Man's Land (1987), The Driver or Ronin. This isn't that kind of movie.