morten-76962 I am not someone who usually puts in bad reviews unless something is so bad that a bad review is really needed, and this is one of those cases.Especially when it had so much potential to be a good movie, it literally had every possible chance to be an awesome post-apocalyptic Mad Max style movie, but it just failed all of that in every possible way that it is possible to fail in.Let me explain....So the story is that the US government has outlawed gasoline burning vehicles , and "Rebels" (Called Burners) are still driving gasoline powered cars in the desert, so the government has deployed a police force that uses gasoline powered motorcycles to chase hunt these Rebels.See what I mean, sounds like something with great potential, right?Well, lets go over what the movie actually is...First of all, it is categorised as a SCI-Fi Action movie....and it is not..period.Other than taking place in the "Future" of 2015, there's nothing remotely scifi about this movie. the whole movie takes place in a desert with 80s motorbikes chasing 70s / 80s cars, even the weapons used in the movie are all regular M16s and other standard weapons for the early 80s. Anyway, but then there's the actual storyline in the movie....the "Burners" seem to drive illegally all to deliver a carburetor....yeah seriously...but okay, fair enough in this set gasoline car parts might scarce and can have a significant value to the right buyer, so we will let this one go.But on top of this they also seem to bet each other to drive around in the patrolled desert where they are getting shot at by the "Special police force" deployed to hunt them down...all which seem to be just for fun...But then there's this "Special police force"....their police station is a tent, and for some reason there's one of them whos a native American guy who does all sorts of weird stuff almost like he is on drugs, and there's even one scene where one of them shoots at the other ones head while that person is approaching on a motorcycle ....all just for fun.....like picture two police officers shooting at each other with live rounds "Just for fun"?...Okay and then there's this "Love story" between the son of one of the Burners and some burner chick.yeah, it's all just one big mess...and it just feels like everything is fun and jokes to them, none of them seems to be serious about their what's going on.And then there's the acting, it's all most like none of the actors even understands their own roles or the story of the movie, it's kind of hard to describe if you haven't seen the movie. But every dialogue between the actors sounds scripted and they it's almost like they are being told what to do as they are being filmed, so you see a lot of scenes where they have a look in their face like they don't even know what the next scene will be, I am not even exaggerating on this.But even the action in the movie, are so poorly done and all looks so staged. There's one scene where the native American police officer guy; shoots at a crashed mustang with a grenade launcher, and the guy taking cover behind the car doesn't really seem to be bothered by the grenades exploding right next to him, on top of this the native American officer is standing upright and yelling in the complete open while being shot at being shot at by the guy hiding behind the car, all of this really just makes the whole scene feel like it's just a bunch of random scenes they cut and pasted together.And it's the same in other scenes where the they are trying to block the road and shooting at the cars trying to get by.All of which makes the action scenes really confusing to watch.Again, it's literally everything they had the chance to do right, they did wrong.Honestly, don't even bother watching this movie, it is not even entertaining or even so bad that it is "Fun to watch"...there's literally nothing going for this movie at all. it just leaves you with the feeling of just being annoyed that you even bothered to watch it in the first place.It really should never have been made.

drystyx This is one of those movies that even if you don't agree with the concept, the director does a splendid job of making you think, much like "Unforgiven", in which you are compelled to side with a "murderer or women and children". Here, you are compelled to side with self righteous mechanics of the future. This is extremely difficult since mechanics pretty well control America today. But the writing and directing is very clever. In the future, the government controls gas and motor vehicles. One young man is part of a small family type group that rebels against this and has their own vehicles. He agrees with the government. The girl he is interested in, insists otherwise. Meanwhile, McClure has the catalyst role. He leads some soldiers in the area who are responsible for keeping the regulations. One of the soldiers is an extremely macabre, deranged man. Here again, the film is cleverly drawn to show how the truly dangerous and deranged men are often not the ones who paint their faces, but rather pulling strings. Unlike other movies in this genre, the action is very realistic, and the people react in a way that doesn't make you roll your eyes. They are human and make mistakes. No comically choreographed fight scenes here. This is both a thinking man's piece, and a movie with action. The characters present an upside. One of the best movies of this genre.

docmarvy Well... This was an awesome movie when I first saw it. Unfortunately that was when I was six years old. So, if you're a six year old looking for a taught sci-fi thriller then this is your movie. If you are an adult looking for a weird reverse-jingoistic slow paced film with a budget that hovers somewhere in the low hundreds then this is your film. This movie is easily categorized as being hard to find for a reason. And despite all this, I want to see it again. On the upside it has a relatively decent quality cast, most of which appear to be mortified by having to take part. And as another poster mentioned, the batcave-style barn is pretty neat regardless.

darrylb500 I really hate sci-fi movies that are supposed to go where no one has gone before--to coin a phrase--but this one's still waiting for clearance to take off from the launching pad. And it never does take off.Oh, I guess it DOES take off, in a way, because it's about cars, or rather, as the intro shows, the president of the United States has shut down all the gas pumps in the land (and the bland music playing is a clue as to how the movie's going to be). And you thought it was bad when your car is being repaired for just a day!Of course, some idiots drive their vehicles anyway, known as "burners", which is what the filmmakers should have done with this movie. But instead of doing something useful with their cars--like maybe running over the person who wrote this garbage--all they do is race each other, and then complain how they don't get any "freedom", yet they're treating their autos even worse than The Dukes of Hazzard ever did. (And this is where the sci-fi premise ends, losing it's promise of being a cross between The Road Warrior and the tv movie The Day After, as it sounded in the Tv Guide description when I saw it.)**** POSSIBLE SPOILERS, but chances are you'll never see this movie anyway, or you SHOULDN'T, so why should you care? ****Just when you thought the most nerve-wracking thing in the world is having a cop follow you, the law here, known as the DVC, shoot at the burners, and yet they never hit anyone. Oh wait, in one scene they DID shatter someone's windshield, but then in the next second the windshield had only one bullet hole in it. Duh.This is one of the several dumb parts in the movie--not to mention the dialog--and the fact that the scenery never changes, EVER. At least in something like Psycho, the house is cool, but after seeing desert for even twenty minutes is enough to drive anyone crazy. Oh, I'm sorry, that's a bad pun ("DRIVE anyone crazy"), but at least that pun is better than the film, except for the car mechanic Jill, who's real cute.Another dumb part is when the DVC is shooting at one person, but he keeps on driving around in circles, and then he has the nerve to get on his cb for help, saying "these guys are crazy!" But YOU'RE the one who's driving in circles, making yourself easier to shoot at! Oh wait, there IS a difference between "crazy" and then being just downright "stupid".So, is there ANYTHING cool at all with this blah film, besides it ending eventually? Yes: the owner of the firebird stores it in a pretty neat barn that opens up, sort of like the Batcave. However, this detracted from the movie too, because during the ho-hum race scenes, I kept on expecting Batman himself to drive by, flipping everyone the finger."We have ourselves a legal weapon" is a really inspiring line, which I hope, after reading this, inspires you to go rent one of the Lethal Weapon movies instead, which are a million times better than this (probably, which I haven't seen them all, but I doubt I'm wrong). Trust me.The cars aren't even much to look at, either, so go for a drive instead and/or test watch something better. (In other words, don't be a "burner".)