Last Chase,The

Buy This Item Last Chase,The by Lions Gate/Vestron  Available from Amazon  $69.98  on 11-25-2008     I dont remember this film every making it to the box office, but they did show it quite frequently on Cable TV back in the early '80s. My guess is, thats were most people remember it. <br /> <br /> <br />The Last Chase is not an outstanding sci-film but rather a low budget flick with some fairly decent acting. Lee Majors (the bionic man) stars as an aging ex-race car driver named Frank Hart. Frank has lost his family in what seems to have been a plague and now spends his days giving lectures about how the Mass Transit system is better and cleaner than his old gas burning race car. <br /> <br />Frank ends up recanting his love of his job at a High School assembly where loner student Chris Makepeace identifies with with him. In the backdrop there illegal tv broadcasts made by a "free California" inviting people to go back to cars (?). Anyway, Chris and Frank run off to California in Franks old race car and are vigorously pursued by the Government. <br /> <br />For what it is,the movie is a solid B movie. Dont expect much in terms of sci-fi effects or thrills. <br /> <br />I'd give it more stars if the production values had been better. Reader Reviews I remember seeing this film at the theater with Robin Williams' Popeye" as afternoon double feature movie matinee when I was kid. This was low budget Canadian film marketed as American film (Lee Majors made a couple of Canadian movies like this in early 80's such as Agency with late Robert Mitchum) The shortage of oils leading into ban of automobiles, epidemic wiped out the populations, and people are forced by government to live in suppressed society with ridiculous rules and restrictions. The Six Million Dollar Man, Lee Majors, plays former race car driver who rebuilds his Porsche that was hidden underneath of his garage and breaks free to California where people are start living in free society like used to be. Former World War jet fighter played by late Burgess Meredith is after him to kill. This movie has so much potentials and a good plot , but it gets lost or misguided to make a solid movie. It just failed to develop those interesting issues/setups/surprisingly great characters into some what successful movie. However that didn't stop this movie to become fun/enjoyable vintage guilty pleasure low budget sci-fi action flick. Movie stardom hungry Lee Majors with mullet, wearing silver racing jacket (I think stunt man, Mike, from recent Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof might be got the idea from Lee's character, Frank Hart. Well, looks wise....) did his own car stunts with red Porsche racing car. The cross country chase between Porsche and jet was all old school stunts, and it also captured beautiful Denver/Rocky Mt. No CGI on this!!! This movie also features Chris Makepeace from My Bodyguard and Vamp. I really like to see this movie available on DVD sometime soon!!!

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