Review of Exit Speed

Bus full of people traveling across the western US is set up by a band of motorcycle riding outlaws, one of whom wears a cape. They find refuge in a junk yard and must band together to stay alive. Junk Yard Wars and MacGuyver meet the Seven Samurai. Well made action film never fully comes together. I found the side bits with Fred Ward as a military cop chasing AWOL soldiers better than the main thrust of people being attacked by the gang. I think they work better because they don't feel like a bumped up TV movie, having an edge that the rest of the film really doesn't have. I saw this as the last part of an action triple feature and while it probably is the best of the bunch on a technical level, its also the least interesting story wise with most of what happens just sort of laying there. Actually what it is is coldly efficient, so much so that you really don't feel much except when it doesn't seem like it was machine made. Worth a look for action fans, but I'd wait for cable.