The Last Chase

"The oil finally ran out... and somewhere in the future, the chase has begun."

Apr 10 1981 PG 1h 41m
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Twenty years after the American people have been told the oil has run out and disease has scared them into complacency, the United States has become a fascist state. One man, former race car driver Franklyn Hart, now a puppet spokesman for public transportation, rebuilds his race car and sets off to California from Boston where people have returned to living life like they were twenty years prior.

Plot

In a future United States, the only transport available to an individual is public transportation. Predicated on an assertion that "the oil has run out", an increasingly totalitarian central government has ordered all personal vehicles be impounded by law. One man, a former race car driver, yearns again for his ability to choose his own roads and destiny. He reassembles his race car hidden from confiscation, and sets out for "Free California" which has broken away from the new regime, aided by a young technically savvy teen who feels alienated from this "social" society. Agents of the new government must stop this man at any cost to destroy the symbology he represents, and the instability that such a desire for personal autonomy could mean to the society. An old Korean War veteran and his F-86 Sabre jet are called into service to chase down this dangerous man, and end his flouting of the will of the state. In the words of one of the government agents, "People going where they want to, where they want to. This could set us back to the 1980s."

Written by

Christopher Crowe, Roy Moore, Martyn Burke

Directed by

Martyn Burke

Production Countries

Canada, United States of America

Production Companies

Crown International Pictures, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,263
Average Rating
4.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA