Double Nickels

This obscure car chase comedy was mostly from the same cast and crew that created the original Gone in 60 Seconds. However, the leading role goes to Jack Vacek, who had worked as cinematographer in 60 and does a pretty decent acting job as the film's cool-cat hero Smokey. The cinematography by Tony Syslo (who would later work as the DP in Halicki's The Junkman) is appropriately gritty, grainy, and sunny to support the backdrop of mid-1970s California. Ed Abrams is also a riot as Smokey's pal and Patrice Schubert is perfect as Smokey's girlfriend. George Cole (Atlee from 60) also appears as one of the repossessors and his sons Anthony and Michael, the low riders appear, ditching their cramped white Cadillac and driving sparkly clean Ford Econo vans.

The car chases aren't exactly as thrilling as Halicki had staged in 60, but they're decent enough to please fans of the genre, particularly a sequence where a Ford Pinto is pursued down a set of stairs and a rollicking police chase through the Los Angeles storm drain. All in all, a valiant effort.