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Jonathan Kaplan's action film, pitched midway between his early, rough-as-guts exploitation movies (Truck Turner, 1974) and his later issue-based successes (The Accused, 1988), is a visceral, politically invigorating drama of a truckie (Jan-Michael Vincent) taking on corrupt unions. The dynamics of white-collar power relations are embodied with melodramatic panache in the colourful collisions of men and automobiles. As in Unlawful Entry (1992), Kaplan even creates an interesting space for a woman (Kay Lenz) in this predominantly male scenario. This film has steadily become a sentimental favourite and standard reference-point for all fans and students of the post-Corman legacy in American cinema. MORE Kaplan: Brokedown Palace, Heart Like a Wheel, Immediate Family, Love Field, Fallen Angels, Project X © Adrian Martin January 1993 |
