I had no idea what I was getting into when I popped this in to watch it. What a strange concept for a film.
I thought maybe I was gonna see a "Pre Mad Max" typa film by the title alone but what I got was a bunch of ruffians who drive gravel trucks for a living. Basic premise is, guy fresh outta prison applies and gets a job to drive a gravel truck. To drive one, and keep the job, you have to drive fast and the roads where they drive it's very unsafe. The paymaster and head driver guy(played my Patrick Mcgoohan) is a semi-psycho fella who doesn't take kindly to anyone taking his place as the fastest driver. He lets everyone know, any chance he gets, that he's the best driver etc. From there the film meanders from scenario to scenario about how to get the loads of gravel to their target faster and such.
There were a few little things that got to me. First off, regardless of the state of the roads Post WWII, wouldn't you think that people that lived in the area these guys drove would have had many many complaints against this gravel company about the unsafe driving of these guys? I'm quite sure there would have been more than one citizen who complained about these gravel nuts insane driving habits and the police would have easily been in the area patrolling to make sure these hell drivers woulda been put to a stop.
Second. I found the funniest part of the film to be the trucks themselves. Can you imagine trucks at full load taking corners at 50mph? Totally ridiculous. Of course to get past this they obviously sped up the film to make them look like they were taking the corners faster than they were. Watch out for some of the corners these nuts take and you'll see, no way on earth would these trucks take, at full load, the corners they do at 50mph.
Third. The real secret of the film doesn't pop up until the very end. We find out that the boss of the garage and the head driver, Patrick Mcgoohan, cut short actual drivers by 5 and keep the money for themselves. Basically, the company needs 15 drivers but these 2 guys only hire 10 and pocket the money for the other 5 themselves. My problem? Don't you think at company headquarters from time to time they would come and take a look at the books and see that the drivers are 5 short? The scenario these 2 guys concoct is kinda improbable. These guys are risking their lives and wouldn't have to if they had 5 extra drivers. Then they could drive at a normal pace without risking their lives.
Not a bad film but just a lotta "yeah right" typa stuff. What I got most outta it was seeing a lot of future stars in it. Look out for the best performance in the film by Herbert Lom. Sean Connery is in it for a bit also. A decent film that was obviously made for a small sum. It has some good points for sure but don't expect a treasure when your done.
I thought maybe I was gonna see a "Pre Mad Max" typa film by the title alone but what I got was a bunch of ruffians who drive gravel trucks for a living. Basic premise is, guy fresh outta prison applies and gets a job to drive a gravel truck. To drive one, and keep the job, you have to drive fast and the roads where they drive it's very unsafe. The paymaster and head driver guy(played my Patrick Mcgoohan) is a semi-psycho fella who doesn't take kindly to anyone taking his place as the fastest driver. He lets everyone know, any chance he gets, that he's the best driver etc. From there the film meanders from scenario to scenario about how to get the loads of gravel to their target faster and such.
There were a few little things that got to me. First off, regardless of the state of the roads Post WWII, wouldn't you think that people that lived in the area these guys drove would have had many many complaints against this gravel company about the unsafe driving of these guys? I'm quite sure there would have been more than one citizen who complained about these gravel nuts insane driving habits and the police would have easily been in the area patrolling to make sure these hell drivers woulda been put to a stop.
Second. I found the funniest part of the film to be the trucks themselves. Can you imagine trucks at full load taking corners at 50mph? Totally ridiculous. Of course to get past this they obviously sped up the film to make them look like they were taking the corners faster than they were. Watch out for some of the corners these nuts take and you'll see, no way on earth would these trucks take, at full load, the corners they do at 50mph.
Third. The real secret of the film doesn't pop up until the very end. We find out that the boss of the garage and the head driver, Patrick Mcgoohan, cut short actual drivers by 5 and keep the money for themselves. Basically, the company needs 15 drivers but these 2 guys only hire 10 and pocket the money for the other 5 themselves. My problem? Don't you think at company headquarters from time to time they would come and take a look at the books and see that the drivers are 5 short? The scenario these 2 guys concoct is kinda improbable. These guys are risking their lives and wouldn't have to if they had 5 extra drivers. Then they could drive at a normal pace without risking their lives.
Not a bad film but just a lotta "yeah right" typa stuff. What I got most outta it was seeing a lot of future stars in it. Look out for the best performance in the film by Herbert Lom. Sean Connery is in it for a bit also. A decent film that was obviously made for a small sum. It has some good points for sure but don't expect a treasure when your done.