Originally a cable TV movie, ROADRACERS offers a view of 1950s small-town teenagers that takes its AMERICAN GRAFFITI vibe and suffuses it with the anxieties of the era: monster movies, fear of leather-jacket-wearing punks, fear of being stuck in a small town forever, and fear of not being attractive. Kevin McCarthy makes a brief appearance to link it back to the better remembered movies of the time.
Although at times it seems likely to get lost in its own stylishness, Robert Rodriguez and a cast of talented, young actors, including Salma Hayek, David Arquette, and Jason Wiles keep it on track, showing the resentment that would explode into the 1960s counterculture.
Although at times it seems likely to get lost in its own stylishness, Robert Rodriguez and a cast of talented, young actors, including Salma Hayek, David Arquette, and Jason Wiles keep it on track, showing the resentment that would explode into the 1960s counterculture.