Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...
Practical Effects
The Dodge M4S Turbo Interceptor — a real concept car, utterly gorgeous.
Sound
Ozzy, Motley Crue, and Billy Idol screaming over desert carnage.
Costume
Sheen's full leather bodysuit and inexplicable glowing chest plate.
Director
Mike Marvin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Dodge M4S cost $1.1 million to build; only four were made, and one was destroyed filming this movie.
This film essentially disappeared until 2005 DVD release, when Charlie Sheen's rising infamy and Sherilyn Fenn's Twin Peaks cult status resurrected it as midnight-movie fodder.
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