Return to Macon County

I can't believe all the good reviews for this flick. I am a huge AIP fan and love me some cheese, but this was just plain idiotic. Ripped off the basic idea of Two lane blacktop, add a little more sex and a pissed cop. Oh don't worry sarg, they are just kids? They punched a cop and no one cares. 1 star.

Don Johnson and Nick Nolte as southern teen agers out for a good time....Doesn't get any better than this. Great movie, I highly recommend it for anyone who likes movies from that era, or just great movies in general. The fast cars and supped up engines are great and the acting is excellent as well. Both Nolte and Johnson give stellar performances although Johnson steals the show in my opinion. The characters that play the small town people all do a great job and the cinematography and music are both exceptional. The only thing that was a little disappointing is that it ended too soon! This rates to me up there with the movie that started the whole Dukes of Hazzard series which was called Moon Runners, they are a lot alike, and both excellent.

Could two young men afford an almost-new 1957 Chevy and afford to soup it up and afford to drive it cross-country to a big drag race? It's just a movie. There's an obsessed cop in this Macon County movie, but he's not the same one as in the first. And what was the boys' secret weapon: nitrous oxide? The boys become enemies of some local kids with a black '49 or '50 Ford. I thought that the stop signs, etc., looked too new for 1958, but no big deal for a low-budget movie. '50s rock 'n' roll is played in the movie. In order for there to be a happy ending to this movie, there's going to have to be atonement with the obsessed cop. And in order for the boys to atone and still live afterward, some substitution is going to be necessary.

This movie is a favorite of mine filled with alot of songs from the 50's. Two men in their late 20's are working on their Chevy to compete in races in the near future. On the way they meet up with a girl, and later have trouble with the law. Alot of good music, and car scenes.

If anyone born in the late 40's to mid 50's doesn't see this as a symbol of their times, then they're not from the late 40's or 50's. Period. Great vernacular of the times and the emotions we all felt. Too bad they don't make a "modern" version of this movie. The actors seemed so young in this movie, but they're about the same age as I am, so it seems so real to me. Give it a try and see what you think. Especially if you're in your mid to late fifties or early sixties. We're all the same generation and it must strike a familiar cord with you. It is much like the classics like "Of Mice and Men" by Steinbeck. I didn't really put much stock into all of that back in my high school days and early college days, but it's all coming together now. Give a look-see. You'll know what I'm talking about.

I just watched this again on one of the rerun cable stations tonight. It takes me back to my youth because I am 63 now. In 1975 when this movie came out I was a the projectionist at a multi-screen drive in movie theater. I was around 21 years old and had just started to do this job for a living. The picture did so well that it was held-over for at least 4 weeks! That almost never happened in a drive-inn! I remember we had 4 screens and all the projectors in one room over the snack bar. The starting times of the movies were staggered just right so that I could run them all with no mistakes other than an occasional tear in the film which would automatically shut down the machine. That picture had nearly every car space filled on the weekends and several other nights as well. So, this lot was the full one while the other screens did dismally worse than that. one. By the time I shipped it out I must have seen the car chase scene a hundred times!

Great nostalgic road trip for those who remember the 1950's - Johnson is the mechanic and Nolte is the driver on their way to compete in Grand Nationals Drags in California - movie hits on all cylinders with buddy film + cool car film + new guy in town film + evil townie hoods + misguided cop + lesson learned factors all working to achieve the Fabulous Fifties mood. Two or three good female acting roles will keep the ladies interested too - as if seeing Johnson and Nolte in all their pre-hunk hottiness won't attract them anyway. The Don Johnson drag racing scene rivals the James Dean scene in Rebel without a Cause. Soundtrack is superb. This film will appeal to anyone interested in hot rods from the 1950's--1960's up to the 1970's.