I didn't expect anything remotely classy here so I wasn't disappointed when all the rural stereotypes started pouring out of this cheesey drive-in style film that like many films of the 70's hasn't seen the light of day since other than a few syndicated TV showings. This does nothing but perpetuate the idea that country living is for the unenlightened, the crass, the politically incorrect, the good ole' boy, the misogynistic, the homophobic, the racist, and that's on their good days.
Every slur for everyone of those groups are present with the disrespectful treatment of women (as evidenced by how some truckers talk about a short uniform wearing waitress in front of her back) and the assumption that Peter Fonda is gay based on the boots he's wearing. Fonda and Jerry Reed are a bit higher in class than the other truck drivers, simply because they get top billing and must get the audience rooting for them, which I'm sure that all 10 people who saw it did.
Set in Ontario, this deals with a series of truck highjackings, so expect lots of chases and cursing and ham radio operators. Honestly, the coyote chasing the road runner is smarter than what ends up on the page of the script here, and even snowy Canadian winter photography can't raise this up to be at least pretty to look at. This ends up being more than 90 minutes of the same things over and over again, as if that dirty old truck driver from "Thelma and Louise" became a major character in his own movie. This should be called "High Bailin'" because I can't imagine many viewers watching any more than half an hour of this.
Every slur for everyone of those groups are present with the disrespectful treatment of women (as evidenced by how some truckers talk about a short uniform wearing waitress in front of her back) and the assumption that Peter Fonda is gay based on the boots he's wearing. Fonda and Jerry Reed are a bit higher in class than the other truck drivers, simply because they get top billing and must get the audience rooting for them, which I'm sure that all 10 people who saw it did.
Set in Ontario, this deals with a series of truck highjackings, so expect lots of chases and cursing and ham radio operators. Honestly, the coyote chasing the road runner is smarter than what ends up on the page of the script here, and even snowy Canadian winter photography can't raise this up to be at least pretty to look at. This ends up being more than 90 minutes of the same things over and over again, as if that dirty old truck driver from "Thelma and Louise" became a major character in his own movie. This should be called "High Bailin'" because I can't imagine many viewers watching any more than half an hour of this.