Wheels of Terror (1990)

Wonderful Movie

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Too much screaming and panic, too obvious plot twists, pointless places where a school bus with (haha) racing engine can chase Charger - the movie could deserve 6/10 without all that.

"Wheels Of Terror" is a rather improbable tale focusing on one of the major themes of the modern action film: the chase. A beat up, blacked out but seemingly indestructible automobile is being driven around a rural American town by a psychopathic child molester who is snatching young girls off the street, sexually abusing them, and then letting them go. Until the next missing girl is found in the river, which makes it a whole new ball game.The protagonist of our invisible fiend is a lady school bus driver, a single mother who has relocated to the countryside to raise her daughter away from the pernicious influences of the big city, but who is surely questioning the wisdom of that move now the bad guy has kidnapped guess who?So what does the film have to offer? Apart from the slow motion chases there are one or two fairly spectacular scenes, but the showdown is too silly for words. There is no side plot, indeed no plot worthy of the name, no resolution, no anything.

The reason they didn't show you who or what was in the car, Was because they wanted the car to represent ALL child molesters and killers. I thought that for a low budget film, They did a good job pointing out the true terror of Child Molesters.I really do believe that the director was trying to make a film while also bringing out a point. The opening scene with the little girl walking slowly down the middle of the highway when a trooper approaches in his car and is stunned by the site of her out there in the middle of nowhere was exceptional. It brings out the reality of "REAL" child rapists. Unfortunately, Most of the "REAL" Children aren't as lucky as the girls in the film and they DON'T get to walk away.

Terrible, awful, abominable, contrived, just plain bad, horrendous, laughable, dreadful, ghastly, so bad it just has to be watched. I could not stop, I had to watch it to the end, I just had to find out how bad it could get. Well, it did not disappoint. The ending was definitely up to the rest of the movie, only worse. Just how many feet of film was wasted on this I don't know. But 1 second's worth is too much. I curse hurricane Jeanne for trapping me in the house with only this (UPN) coming in clearly on my TV. It was this or hurricane coverage of fallen trees and dogs wading through puddles. I chose this. It was a tough choice. I probably would have been better off if I was one of those who lost power. I think I secretly hoped I would lose power so I could breakaway from this mesmerizing stupidity.