Actually not bad. The best racecar movie I've seen thus far.
Kenny Rogers,
Diane Lane,
Erin Gray,
Barry Corbin,
Terry Kiser
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When a retired stock car driver, Brewster Baker (Kenny Rogers), meets up with a group of orphans intent on dismantling his car, he takes them under his wing and sets them to work helping him return to... read more
DVD Release Date: April 4, 2006
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July 14, 2007
Kenny Rogers plays Brewster Baker, a Race Car Driver who takes in Six foul-mouthed kids who steal his engine. He teaches them a few lessons, and they help him win the Nascar circuit. Erin Gray appears as Brewster's girlfriend. This is not really a family movie. It's a country-sty... read more
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March 1, 2007
The movie my parents made me see instead of what I wanted to see, Blade Runner. We were in the states to, so I could have seen a rated R movie with a guardian. It turns out this movie had a lot more profanity, which as a kid I loved, and I remember enjoying it a fair bit despit... read more
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April 6, 2010
Before being maimed by countless plastic surgeries, before the fried chicken and the realization that his music was country music's version of John Tesh, Kenny Rogers made this silly, feel-good family flick. To me it felt like Grizzly Adams trying to find reverse in a stock car: ... read more
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March 26, 2009
enjoyable film liked Kenny Rogers in The Gambler so when he starred in this I gave it a try good cast and story
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March 23, 2008
It's a Kenny Rogers movie about stock car racing and orphaned children who happen to know a lot about fixing up cars. I think that's going to determine who's going to watch it or not in the first place. And it's about what you'd expect. Like George Strait in "Pure Country", Ke... read more
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June 30, 2007
Good movie to watch when you just want to be entertained without having to invest a lot of mental energy
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April 28, 2007
A great movie starring Country singer Kenny Rogers as Brewster Baker who is a race car driver meets 6 orphans who are great mechanics. Over time, they develope a friendship and have to deal with a crooked sheriff. Another underrated film from the 1980s.
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