Friday, December 2, 2022

Double Nickels (1977)

A low budget and even lower plot car chase marathon but despite everything somehow this is a very good film.

Smokey (Jack Vacek) and Ed (Ed Abrahms) are Californian highway patrolmen who get involved with George (George Cole) and his car repro business to earn a little more dough. However, they discover that the cars they are repossessing are really stolen. George finds that he also has been duped by the Mr Big. The three of them team up to sort things out amid many car chases.

This is a low budget film with basic acting, indeed many of the cast are obviously none-actors but it does give the acting and film in general a genial and natural air. There is no need to worry too much about the acting or basic plot though, most of the film is car chases and sometimes are done very well. 

The film probably won't please everyone but i love low budget and basic films from this era. It works really well and is a very enjoyable film.