Stingray

This movie is something you want to see on a Saturday night. And it's never boring to watch. It's like a small comedic version of "The Getaway". Only different. Here you got a couple of drug dealers that killed two undercover cops and would stash the drugs and money in a Corvette Stingray. Little do they know that the car is already bought by a couple of car enthusiasts, who have no idea what is going on. First, they are sought by the police because there's a tracking device in the money stashed in the backseat of the car. And the police are so inept, they think that the owners of the car are cop killers. While the real ones are chasing them down trying to get the money back. When they get a machine gun toting dame on their side, it's three times the trouble. But it was four when they went to chase one of the two Stingray owners. But one of them knows how to fight back. This crime comedy is fun and high octane, but make sure that you have enough gas to watch it. 2 out of 5 stars.

There are some ways to get a DVD of this film. Since there is no more message boards, I"m giving some PAL format versions. There are two being sold on Ebay. One from Germany and one from England. Any true movie enthusiast should have that capability on a machine, so it's not all that hard to acquire it.

With what feels like a semi improvised script, "Stingray" is essentially one long car chase. There are some pretty nice stunts along with the requisite police car destruction, and a few pretty tepid explosions. The cast is likable, the acting not so likable, and there are at least a bunch of laugh out loud moments. For an exploitation film with zero nudity, the rest has to be entertaining, and "Stingray" is fast enough moving that interest is for the most part maintained. I will say that the film didn't end where I thought it would, but getting in some nice St. Louis / Mississippi River footage wasn't that bad a bonus. For an action comedy you could do a lot worse than this drive in low budget effort. - MERK