Rebel Highway Roadracers

1994

Action / Drama

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 66% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 66% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 3250 3.3K

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Plot summary

In the 1950s, guitar-playing drifter Dude Delaney wanders into a quiet town looking to play music and generally cause trouble, much to the chagrin of the local sheriff, known as Sarge. While palling around with his B-movie-obsessed friend Nixer, Dude meets the beautiful Donna, and is offered a position in a rockabilly band, but the sheriff is intent on getting rid of him by any means necessary.

Director

Robert Rodriguez Photo
Robert Rodriguez

Top cast

Salma Hayek Photo
Salma Hayek as Donna
Kevin McCarthy Photo
Kevin McCarthy as Miles
Mark Lowenthal Photo
Mark Lowenthal as Rookie
John Hawkes Photo
John Hawkes as Nixer
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798.7 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 4
1.5 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by boblipton 7 / 10

The Things That Worried Us In The 1950s

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.
Reviewed by freemanpatrick7 7 / 10

Nice early Rodriguez film

David Arquette must be the most focused guitar player on the planet. How anyone could have Salma Hayek crawling all over his lap and STILL focus on playing guitar is beyond me. If Salma ever got that close to me I'd have trouble remembering how to breathe. This movie was a surprise to me in many ways. 1. I didn't even know it existed until a few months ago. 2. It was filmed almost entirely in my home town of Whittier, CA 3. Robert Rodriguez shows us yet again how a master can do almost anything with a minimal budget as long as everyone gets out of his way. Rodriguez and Tom Nix wrote the script in 10 days, shot it in 13, and edited it in 15. How does anyone outside of TV even do that? Plus Rodriguez, unlike TV, delivers something that's enjoyable to watch. And the big plus with the DVD is Rodriguez' commentary, complimentary to his 10 minute film school. That alone is worth the price of admission.
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