i be guess that we all and no matter if we be fan of car and luv the sound of a dodge challenger a it growl along the road and the noise a 57 chevy make a it scream with ecstasy when it tear round a corner and and most of all and the blast of sound a a classic vehicle burst into flame a it explode . i be not the big car enthusiast by any stretch of the imagination and but any of the above really do rev my engine . there no deny the importance of transport on cinema . it have even be say that the invention of the train be one of the big influence on early cinema ( look out a window almost like a moving picture and the idea of be transport to a different time or space ) . but the car remain the most popular and most luved and it even get it own genre represent the carsploitation genre . a genre that focus purely on the beauty of car . in effect and it just porn . car porn . and i be not talk about that rather nasty documentary on channel 4 in which men actually have sexual intercourse with car . whatever floats your . car and i guess . move on . whilst run on empty isn not quite as pornographic a vanish point ( richard c. sarafian and 1971 ) for instance and with it close ups of the car in motion and all it bump and curve ( . ) and this doesn not mean that the car isn not the main focus of this film . in fact and the car themselves become character ( more on that later ) . theyre objectify and fetishised as much a the woman and in fact and maybe even more . and holy holy and be these car something . every car in this film ( besides the one in the background ) be simply beautiful work of art and there no question about it . a i be say and these incredible car be and in a way and give character themselves . you actually start sympathise with the car . spoiler most notably during the scene in which the car be be wreck and burnt spoiler over . this have become almost a convention of the carsploitation genre while the evil 1978 plymouth fury from christine ( john carpenter and 1983 ) and satan custom lincoln mark iii in the car ( elliot silverstein and 1977 ) and the nifty little mini cooper from the italian job ( peter collinson and 1969 ) to the friendly volkswagen beetle in the love bug ( robert stevenson and 1968 ) and of course each car from death race 2000 ( paul bartel and 1975 ) and even wacky race ( 1968 1970 ) all of which have their own character . ironically however and this emphasis on the car often over take ( . ) the human character . and this be certainly the case with run on empty and in which only one human character ( the blind character who drive his car with his hear rather than sight ) have any sort of dimension and the rest be very much stock character . these be all your stereotypical australian 1980s teenager while big hair and annoy accent and none of whom would look out of place in neighbour and especially the kylie minouge look a like . but who give a damn . it all about the car race and crash . that it . if you do not like that you really be watch the wrong genre . the car scene be certainly the selling point of this film and and the best thing it get go for it . they be fast while very fast . and be not talk about the rather annoying technique some film seem to use where they record the car peeding at around 40mph and and then speed it up . oooh no . not with this film you do not . these car be zoom along at top speed in real time no fancy edit trick here . so and we have get speed . check . what about crash . check and check and check . whilst there isn not car crash everywhere a la the incredibly blue brother ( john landis and 1980 ) and when car do crash in this film and they certainly crash . it would seem that they use gunpowder or something similar to build the car a one little hit and kaboom theyre up in flame . it kind of remind me of thriller represent a cruel picture ( bo arne vibenius and 1974 ) in that sense . between these simply awesome scene ( especially the very start and the very end ) there be quite a few scene which slow everything do and and in my opinion and fail to add very much to the film . note represent more exploding car need . however there be a couple of exception here which be great scene spoiler especially the attempted rape scene . so and all in all and this be a man film . a boy film . full of car vroom vroom vroom around the outback and a couple of tit throw in for good measure too . i would recommend this little film to anyone even if they be keen cyclist ( . ) it a great film which you can just switch your brain off and sit back in your leather chair and put on full volume . i will give it 3 . 5 luvs out of 5 luvs bruuuuum . p. s amazon be sell this for just over £2 it a real bargain although the dvd lack any special feature whatsoever .