Review of Fast Company (1938) by Jared S — 07 Nov 2007

Whatâ??s this, a Cronenberg film with no sex, or horror oriented theme I hear you cry! This came before the likes of The Brood, Scanners, The Fly, and Videodrome. Shot with great enthusiasm and style.

The reason why I haven't rated this film higher than three stars is due to two factors, the film through out has a certain amount of realism, real dragsters, strips, locations etc, but is let down by an out of place over the top unrealistic Hollywood style ending.

As is if heâ??d run out of ideas, or he choose the most clichéd way to finish off the bad guy. Also the god awful cock rock (Youâ??ve got to hold on to dream) style music that appears through, just cheapens the imagery and the film as a whole.

Croneburg should have taken an example from Lee H Katzinâ??s Le Mans made 10 years previously with the notion that less dialogue and more suited music or none at all, definitely complements the film more.

The film canâ??t decide if itâ??s taking the direction of a realistic documentary style racing film or a B-movie style rivalry film, and here lies the problem. But you have to hand it to him, heâ??s done well to get action and on track battling with races that last on average 6 seconds.