A film a legendás American Graffiti "kistestvére". Életképeket láthatunk a hatvanas évekből, négy egymás utáni szilveszter alkalmával követhetjük nyomon a szereplők életét. Milner autóversenyző, élete legizgalmasabb versenye előtt áll. Terry Vietnámban harcol és elege van a háborúból, minden áron haza szeretne jutni. Debbie, akit Terry otthon hagyott és úgy tudja, hogy kedvese már meghalt, új barátjának próbál állást szerezni egy menő bandánál. Laurie pedig öntudatos nőként dolgozni akar, amit férje, Steve ellenez, majd a véletlenek játéka folytán belekeverednek egy diáktüntetésbe.
Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson valaha nagy név volt a gyorsulási autóversenyzők körében. Mára ugyan elvesztette hajdani lendületét, ám amikor a szponzora Phil Adamson, a Frosco Motor mindenható - és a profitért minden rosszra hajlandó - tulajdonosa le akarja őt cserélni, újból feléled benne a versenyszellem. Nem is sejti milyen elvetemült dolgokra képesek azok, akik félre akarják állítani... David Cronenberg 1979-ben készült filmjének nem is annyira a meséje, mint a "felpiszkált", tuningolt motorral száguldó fura autói és a velük megrendezett versenyek az érdekesek. Ezek a nitro és alkohol keverékével működő, tüzet okádó "ragadozók" egy életérzést, egy hajdani világot idéznek. Ez volt a 70-es évek Amerikája, amit a film kísérőzenéje, a korabeli rock számok is erősítenek. A látványos versenyeken kívül egy különös és szomorú esemény tette emlékezetessé a forgatást: Claudia Jennings, a női főszereplő, pár nappal a munka befejezése után autóbalesetben meghalt...
Natsuo nyomozó a japán rendőrség kiválósága, akit igen kényes ügyben küldenek az Egyesült Államokba. A nyomozó feladata az, hogy kiderítse, ki volt az, aki egy japán autógyártó cég prototípusának tervrajzait ellopta. Mivel a nyomok Detroitba vezetnek, Natsuo kénytelen a helyi rendőrség segítségét is igénybe venni. Kap is maga mellé egy társat, a kiállhatatlanságáról és önfejűségéről ismert kiváló nyomozót, Costas-t. A két ember közösen veszi fel a harcot a gyanús autómágnással.
Az amerikai gyorsulási bajnokságban külön kategóriát indítottak gyerekversenyzők számára. Erica Enders (Beverley Mitchell) még csak nyolc éves, de megszállott versenyző apukájának (Jon Lindstrom) köszönhetően rajthoz áll ezen a versenyen. A kislány sorozatban nyeri a versenyeket, míg testvére Courtney (Brie Larson) a fiúmezőnyben győzelmet győzelemre arat. A büszke csapattulajdonos papa az ellenzők és az irigyek kifogásai ellenére még inkább erősíti a lányokban a versenyszellemet.
When a drag-racing, hard-luck parolee moves in with his brother in hopes of that ever-elusive fresh start in life, he's sure to be warm for the form of his brother's bored young wife. Things only get worse when he tries to turn a quick buck in a one-time insurance fraud operation.
Story of a group of drag races and the young boy and girl who join them.
Girl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one.
Rick Bowman, a drag racing street punk, comes to the attention of crafty businessman Grant Willard. Willard bails him out of jail and offers him sponsorship as a stock car driver. Bowman accepts and enters the demolition derby-adjacent world of "figure eight" racing. As Bowman moves up in the ranks, his regard for his friends slips-- giving way to outright obsession with becoming the best.
A football player at Rosedale High School is amorous of one of the cheerleaders, who is going with another guy. Another player can't decide which of two cheerleaders he wants to be with. Meanwhile, the Big Game with Hardin High School is approaching, and a prank war is in full swing.
A super-model begins to question her glitzy, frenetic lifestyle when she awakes after a all night party to find a strange man in her bed. She sees a surfer riding the waves below, follows him to his tented camp on the banks of a river. 'Leatherlip' earns a living making leather goods and roaming around on an extraordinary 'trike' with his worldly goods and surfboard strapped on an overhead rack. They fall in love and she abandons her previous life. Then inexplicably she disappears. Leatherlip sets off on a cross-country odyssey to find her, knowing only that her father lives on a boat on the West Coast...
Psycho Joe loves one thing: fast cars! When he gets a job at a local supermarket, Joe meets fellow "petrol head" Dazey, who quickly becomes his idol and best friend. Soon after, Joe falls for Savina, a goth girl who practices black magic. But Savina has already fallen for Dazey and will do anything to get him -- including using Joe's feelings for her. In true Shakespearean fashion, this trio race down the road to tragedy.
A vicious band of nuclear terrorists is threatening America's atomic weapons research. Truck jockey Charlie Morrison (Forrest Tucker) volunteers for a last-ditch, suicide scheme to lure them into a trap, baited with a vital shipment of bomb-grade plutonium. Soon, Charlie's high-balling it down a remote desert road with a small army of lethally equipped bandits zeroing in on him. Charlie's secret weapon? "Big Thunder", a 65-foot, 18-wheeled war wagon of merciless high-tech destruction!
A group of drag-racing fanatics, members of a Los Angeles club, move into an old deserted mansion and set up shop, making it their headquarters. They hold a Halloween masked ball for the club's grand opening, and invite everyone to come dressed as their favorite monster! Oddly enough, the festivities turn sour when one of the bright youths discovers an impostor among them in the form of an honest-to-gosh live monster who's been hogging all the dances with the best-looking girls
Alexandre, an instructor at the Canadian customs college, returns home to his small town after his employer places him on compulsory leave. As he forms a new friendship with a female Icelandic drag racer, he finds himself under surveillance by police investigators trying to get to the bottom of the sexually explicit drawings that have been troubling the town.
Troubled teenager Scott aspires to be a professional drag race car driver. Scott makes several faltering attempts to break into the world of drag racing with the help of his affluent businessman father Jeff. Undaunted, Scott decides to spurn Jeff's advice by branching out on his own by going on the road as a gopher for a successful drag race car driver.
Follows several of Cuba's top drag racers as they struggle to prepare their classic American cars for the first official car race since the Cuban Revolution. It tells a personal, character-driven story that tackles how Cuba's recent reforms have affected the lives of these racers and their vibrant community.
Delves into the storied life and career of Shirley Muldowney, the pioneering “First Lady of Drag Racing.” This documentary showcases the extraordinary journey of a woman who not only broke barriers but also set new benchmarks in the world of drag racing.
When Rosie was in her twenties, she was the drag-racing queen of Sweden, a brilliant star in this almost exclusively male sport. Then life intervened, with marriage and children putting an end to her racing days. Now, after a 34-year break, Rosie is making a comeback. Urged on by her daughter and self-proclaimed manager, she tries to find sponsors. The road is uneven and behind her dreams of a comeback, there are depressions, burnout and family tragedies. This film is a revealing and complex portrait of a woman who gains strength by allowing herself to be weak. The fight to become the world's fastest grandmother is really the fight to reclaim one's own life.
An experimental documentary about the street drag racing scene on Chicago’s Near West Side. This is a rambling, textured film about obsession. It is about the mythos of speed for its own sake, and it is about waiting. While waiting, The BLVD exposes community, inner-city landscapes and nomadic experiences of place. The film treats storytelling as a living medium for determining history. And it commands respect for those who transform cars, or anything else, through passion.
Meet Jndia Erbacher. Just a normal girl who likes partying, holidaying and driving drag cars at 550KMPH! Watch Jndia racing dragsters across Europe, striving to break America in her quest to become the fastest woman on Earth.