Quirky Little Road Movie at Breakneck Speed

Rating: 8/10 (10 April 2006)

Someone once told me that the Bluff was the a**hole of New Zealand and Invercargill was 20 miles up it. I bet Burt Munro did that one in record time too! Amazing performance by Anthony Hopkins - you can tell that he's done his research again and mastered a Kiwi accent that seems to be just slightly removed with his Welsh lilt. Probably accurate as a 1st/2nd generation Kiwi.
The road and speed scenes are terrific and seem to be covered at both ends of the spectrum. From the race scenes on a Southland beach to the road tests in Nevada State - they are all breath-taking. The humorous quirky, innovative solutions, predate MacGyver, "as inventive genius" and the people he meet make this a great road movie as well.
Go see this movie - 'cause evun duhty 'ol min need lovn!