
In a future United States, the only transport available to an individual is public transportation. Predicated on an assertion that "the oil has run out", an increasingly totalitarian central government has ordered all personal vehicles be impounded by law. One man, a former race car driver, yearns again for his ability to choose his own roads and destiny. He reassembles his race car hidden from confiscation, and sets out for "Free California" which has broken away from the ne... (Full plot summary below)
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In a future United States, the only transport available to an individual is public transportation. Predicated on an assertion that "the oil has run out", an increasingly totalitarian central government has ordered all personal vehicles be impounded by law. One man, a former race car driver, yearns again for his ability to choose his own roads and destiny. He reassembles his race car hidden from confiscation, and sets out for "Free California" which has broken away from the new regime, aided by a young technically savvy teen who feels alienated from this "social" society. Agents of the new government must stop this man at any cost to destroy the symbology he represents, and the instability that such a desire for personal autonomy could mean to the society. An old Korean War veteran and his F-86 Sabre jet are called into service to chase down this dangerous man, and end his flouting of the will of the state. In the words of one of the government agents, "People going where they want to, where they want to. This could set us back to the 1980s.
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| User ReviewSylvester KI like the Last Chase movie, and find it a good watch. The scenes where Lee Majors goes out to the highway from the transportation centre were filmed in Toronto on the Allan Expressway near Yorkdale Mall. It is great to see all the bicycles and people walking down the Allan rather than cars and trucks. It was obviously a low budget picture with many poor quality action stunts. However the basic story is solid and the movie does make you think about freedoms. If it had been filmed ten years later even, the special effects could have been more realistic. But overall the movie is believable and fits into the same category (what ever that is) as the movie Omega Man with Charlton Heston. |
| User ReviewSenor CYour Canadian tax dollars hard @ work starring Lee Majors (well there's 6 million dollars right there). In 2001 cars are outlawed & former race car driver Majors tries to break free & drive his Porsche to California w/ weenie social outcast Chris Makepeace in tow. This would have been much better w/out him (like Meatballs & My Bodyguard wouldn't have better films w/ someone else cast) & just been a straight Carploitation flix w/ Majors running west from the government agency & Burgess Meredith trying to gun him down in a fighter jet. Unfortunately the budget is so small you never really get a good confrontation between Porsche & jet (just some cat & mouse) & this special government agency only has 3 people working for it. May have been better if it got a Hollywood budget behind it instead of being caught up in the Canuxploitation moment. Uninteresting character development is poor replacement for hardcore driving action |
| User Reviewherbert bWeird "futuristic" movie where Lee Majors tries to escape a tyrannical government by driving the last racecar to California while attempting to avoid their cactus-destroying laser beams. Also, Burgess Meredith plays a burnt-out Vietnam War veteran who doesn't seem to know whose side he's on. |
| User ReviewJoshua LDull, cheesy, never exciting. Try to track the version with MST3K commentary. |