this juvenile and bland flick be strictly for teenager in old men body and desperate to relive their hormonally challenge teenage year . how . by burn up gas and equate a fast and reckless car ( or plane ) with freedom . the plot borrow heavily from mister rogers neighborhood ( if it be run my an oil conglomerate ) and logan run ( if it be heavily sedate and lack a clear sense of style ) . star lee major and burgess meredith this film be set in a post gas crisis world in which an all powerful government doesn not want you to ( ahem ) drive your car and burn gas . sort of the opposite of today enron and bush and oil grabbing and suv push government . this juxtaposition alone make the film laughable . but wait . there more . although the film be set in the future and be not show any sign of future technology and beyond a return to bicycle and golf cart and horse . you will believe that the future look . exactly like today . same clothing and same suburban house and same green lawn a today and when the film be make . there be no solar panel and no windmill and no concession to alternate energy . the acting be flat and flavorless . even scene which could have be gritty or move and buddy flick and honor and romance and horror . all fall flatter than a paper doll under a briefcase . continuity be lack the jet fly by burgess meredith character change color and configuration from moment to moment a the filmmaker insult our intelligence with unmatched stock footage again and again . the plot be a moronic and only half as exciting a a duke of hazzard episode . even die hard car film and sf fan should avoid this film like month old roadkill and unless you enjoy heckle exxon executive try to make a movie as empty a the hero gas tank .