If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Don't listen to the negative reviews

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I first watched this film on TBS in about 1988 after classes while in college. I remember being mesmerized and when it was listed to come on again I had a fresh VHS tape and recorded it. I watched it over and over. It is very simply- The. Best. Movie. Ever. Made.

A story of two men drag-racing across the United States in a primer grey '55 Chevy. Dennis Wilson is the mechanic, James Taylor is the driver.What makes this film notable, first of all, is the cast. As pointed out, the men with the car are two well-known musicians, not actors. In fact, they never acted before or since. This may make the film feel a bit more real. (It also helps us picture what it would be like for Taylor and Wilson to hang out.) This is an open road movie, a car movie. Some say it is boring and some say it is not a great car movie, as the cars do not get nearly the focus you might expect for a drag-racing picture. I see that, but I also see a vast world here that could exist in 1971 but certainly could not exist today (2016). Whatever may be lost is made up for.

This is a totally amateur movie, like it was made by high school kids in first year film class. Whereas, perhaps, some existential meaning could be taken from Easy Rider & Vanishing Point, this mess seems to be totally ad-libbed, like they just decided to go to New Mexico, shoot some footage & then splice scenes together. It feels like a home movie. It's as uninspired as the paint job on the car.There are few shots of the countryside. Most of the scenes were filmed in the car, in gas stations & diners and at night.Characters come & go adding nothing to the story. We never learn anything about them, not even their names.There is very little dialog. The main topic of conversation, when there is any, is the car. Dennis Wilson must have checked those points and carburetors about a dozen times. The 'actors' stare blankly into space most of the time. James Taylor has the charisma of a floor jack. It's no wonder he kept his day job.Heck, they even forgot to finish the race.If there is a deep meaning to this flick, it seems to be to always keep your engine properly timed.Give it a try, but don't expect much. This film literally has the soul of a shop manual.

i think that this film is an excellent film it has touched the heart of drag racing and stripped out muscle cars if you disagree you have never seen the film. this film has helped me know what a real film is all about and as well that there is not a lot of speech in it makes it more enjoyable to the viewer as it focuses more on the car the racing and the journey of the people as they race across America finding new challenges to beat this means that you can get more of an understanding of the life in America this means that they live the American dream racing in fast stripped out American muscle cars with big blocks and small block v8