Killing Cars is the first film I have watched from Fuel-Injected Films Twenty Movie Collection DVD (also released as Collision Course) put out by Mill Creek. I hope that some of the remaining nineteen are better.
Killing Cars begins well, night, neon, and fast cars. I immediately thought of Diva and Subway, two much better examples of 80's Euro-noir. My expectations did not last long. This is a talky, over-plotted film about corporate espionage. Jurgen Prochnow plays Korda, an independent car manufacturer working with a car company to create a safe car. Korda starts getting the impression that he is being forced out of the project. Meanwhile, the car company is evicting squatters from its unused grounds. Those evicted include a gang of punk rockers who want revenge. There is more, an inquisitive reporter, a plot to con Korda out of his business, and William Conrad as another uncertain plot thread to further complicate things. There is way more here than needed, but most of it comes together when the safe car is stolen.
In spite of the neon ambiance and the girl with the adorable pink Mohawk, Killing Cars is a slow drive to nowhere.
Killing Cars begins well, night, neon, and fast cars. I immediately thought of Diva and Subway, two much better examples of 80's Euro-noir. My expectations did not last long. This is a talky, over-plotted film about corporate espionage. Jurgen Prochnow plays Korda, an independent car manufacturer working with a car company to create a safe car. Korda starts getting the impression that he is being forced out of the project. Meanwhile, the car company is evicting squatters from its unused grounds. Those evicted include a gang of punk rockers who want revenge. There is more, an inquisitive reporter, a plot to con Korda out of his business, and William Conrad as another uncertain plot thread to further complicate things. There is way more here than needed, but most of it comes together when the safe car is stolen.
In spite of the neon ambiance and the girl with the adorable pink Mohawk, Killing Cars is a slow drive to nowhere.