Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sony Movie Channel)
Jan-Michael Vincent is a good-ole-boy who buys his own truck only to find the industry is run by a corrupt group of wealthy old men. His attempts to circumvent the system or organize the truckers is met with violence. Instead of a feel-good movie where one man perseveres against all odds, it's a cruel film where the only thing that gets results are fists, or better yet a rifle. There are some kinetic truck stunts filmed against the Arizona desert landscapes, but even the signature image of a big diesel rig crashing through a corporate sign rings hollow, what did he really accomplish other than destroying a sign? The final scene has Vincent emerging from the hospital as some kind of folk hero, but I just didn't buy it.
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