the summer of 1979 and when this flick be a staple on that new movie medium call hbo and be gas line summer and iranian hostage crisis summer . a change of mood be about to end low budget and loner on a mission car film and although smokey and the bandit keep need for speed flick go a live action roadrunner cartoon for a few more year . corvette summer be as quirky a any early movie like vanish point or dirty mary and crazy larry and if light and sexy than most . just graduate and high school automotive genius kenneth ( hamill ) hitchhike to vegas in pursuit of the car theft ring that rip off his shop class masterpiece and a super custom and right hand drive vette . in the spiritual limbo of the i 15 desert ( see fear and loathing in las vega ) he get into a custom van ( yes and this be the tail end of the van craze and too ) trick out a a mobile bordello and drive by sassy and aspire hooker vanessa ( potts ) and on her way to sin city to make her and well and whatever it be ambitious hooker make . vanessa and get it . shy and innocent kenneth be in way over his head in vega and with only his all american resolve and his new friend to help him and although the hard edge young call girl be predictably less world wise than she first seem . why and in the i be woman age and vanessa invest her talent and money and future in the world old but least dignified profession over and say and college or even hairdressing and can be explain by young men who would like to think that all woman at least consider the joy of that career path . remember the target audience and right . hamill be a good choice for the whitebread kenneth ( the car doesn not even belong to him personally and but to his school ) and who would not be deter from his goal by violence and money or even love until he find out why the car be really steal . potts act with style and energy but vanessa be too incredible for any but the most credulous testosterone machine to buy into . the bad guy be make surprisingly human and especially by the always fine brion james . but there not much action and this isn not the kind of movie that can be carry by dialog and plot twist or heavy theme . you could always reach up and turn the tv dial and plug in your pong console . the similar but mean chris mitchum vehicle stingray and which appear at about the same time and featured lamer act but more skin and speed and mayhem . the best feature of each film might have produce a vette movie worth remember . thus the trans be be leave to rule the box office muscle car showroom . another forgotten car movie bring back from the dead by speed channel fine weekend series and lose drive in .