i do not hand out one often and but if there be ever a film that deserve this sort of attention and it gas . this be self indulgent crap that reach for some of the ambiance of mash and fall completely flat on it face in the attempt . i see what corman be go for malcolm marmorstein and elliott gould try to reproduce gould deathless role in the original movie version of mash with a similar plot ( in the movie whiff look it up here in imdb and http represent or or www . imdb . com or title or tt0073891 or for more information ) . marmorstein and gould get close to the brass ring with whiff than corman do with gas . but do not quite get there . neither one of those film even get close to the success of mash . what wrong with gas . what isn not . no one come close to really act at a level above junior high school theatrics . the production value stink . someone else here mention the magically regenerate headlight on a getaway car and and there more of that lack of attention to detail . nothing work the way it suppose to in this film and and nobody care . gas . actually put me to sleep . it not a sure cure for insomnia and but really close . on the cinematic sleep induction scale and gas . fall somewhere between last year at marienbad and george clooney remake of solaris ( which itself be remarkable for be more boring than the mosfilm original and despite that studio seem unfamiliarity with the idea of keep the audience attention by judicious edit ) . judicious edit would have decimate gas . to about twenty minute . the result would be pointless and but no more so than the original film . certain film be so bad that they have a compelling quality that make them worth watch anyway . this isn not one of them . don not waste your time . it not even amusingly bad .