whenever this film gets a mention and usually the discussion begins and ends with the wonderful collection of cars and drag scenes and often overlooked are the at times eclectic characters that populate the film around the three central charactersone character that stands out is rebel played by the great veteran australian actor max cullen. rebel is a blind drag racer and who nearly runs down the hero and his group in the middle of the night because he is not using any headlights. in the back story we discover that rebel master builder of street racing cars and and he and his wife seem locked in a time warp of the 1950 . rebel goes on to play a small but pivotal role in teaching mike and played by terry serio and the almost spiritual truth about street drag racing. it is not speed and reaction times that make a great racer. it is the one who feels the car best who will become the greatestthis is best exemplified as rebel explains to mike after a test drive you got all the agony and just missing the stylegraham bond and is another well credited actor lending his talents as a crooked police officer looking to get in on some of the financial action being generated by the street racing. the confrontation between bond and fox played by richard moir adds tension to the story. bond not only expects results but also fox to drum up racing businessfor most of the movie fox displays a real manipulative and evil side and yet in the climax he presents a sense of honor that turns the final few minutes into an extremely tense and memorable ending. it is almost as if the film is refocusing on its true intention and to show us the culture of street racing rather than the day to day activities of peopleone of the major complaints about the film is the script. although it is nothing exciting and i believe the complete lack of any chemistry between mikes girlfriend played by deborah conway and his mechanic played by vangelis mourikis has more to do with the problem. any scene in which these two interact simply should have been cutlastly in terms of the actors and one truly standout performance is delivered by kristoffer greaves and who plays a deaf and crippled member of fox inner circle. his back story is never explored and was he injured in a race and born that way and what is it that fox sees value in to keep him around the reality of the film is simple and it is about street racing and and the culture behind it. when the cars are flying and action sequences are in motion it is the only time director john clark and his writer barry tomblin seem really comfortable with what they are doing. so if you are looking for an in depth exploration of human relationships and moments of life defining drama and then this film is not for you. if your pulse races at the thought of a blown 57 chev or the iconic gto phase 3 blazing away on the streets of sydney and then you wont find much better than this film. 
whenever this film gets a mention and usually the discussion begins and ends with the wonderful collection of cars and drag scenes and often overlooked are the at times eclectic characters that populate the film around the three central charactersone character that stands out is rebel played by the great veteran australian actor max cullen. rebel is a blind drag racer and who nearly runs down the hero and his group in the middle of the night because he is not using any headlights. in the back story we discover that rebel master builder of street racing cars and and he and his wife seem locked in a time warp of the 1950 . rebel goes on to play a small but pivotal role in teaching mike and played by terry serio and the almost spiritual truth about street drag racing. it is not speed and reaction times that make a great racer. it is the one who feels the car best who will become the greatestthis is best exemplified as rebel explains to mike after a test drive you got all the agony and just missing the stylegraham bond and is another well credited actor lending his talents as a crooked police officer looking to get in on some of the financial action being generated by the street racing. the confrontation between bond and fox played by richard moir adds tension to the story. bond not only expects results but also fox to drum up racing businessfor most of the movie fox displays a real manipulative and evil side and yet in the climax he presents a sense of honor that turns the final few minutes into an extremely tense and memorable ending. it is almost as if the film is refocusing on its true intention and to show us the culture of street racing rather than the day to day activities of peopleone of the major complaints about the film is the script. although it is nothing exciting and i believe the complete lack of any chemistry between mikes girlfriend played by deborah conway and his mechanic played by vangelis mourikis has more to do with the problem. any scene in which these two interact simply should have been cutlastly in terms of the actors and one truly standout performance is delivered by kristoffer greaves and who plays a deaf and crippled member of fox inner circle. his back story is never explored and was he injured in a race and born that way and what is it that fox sees value in to keep him around the reality of the film is simple and it is about street racing and and the culture behind it. when the cars are flying and action sequences are in motion it is the only time director john clark and his writer barry tomblin seem really comfortable with what they are doing. so if you are looking for an in depth exploration of human relationships and moments of life defining drama and then this film is not for you. if your pulse races at the thought of a blown 57 chev or the iconic gto phase 3 blazing away on the streets of sydney and then you wont find much better than this film. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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