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Cary Ford (Henderson, "The Ring") has just made it back to town and it seems in the six months he’s been gone, nothing has changed. Cary, or Ford as he’s called, took off to Thailand for six months to take the heat off when federal officers believed he was trafficking drugs in California. Six months might have been enough time to take some of the heat off, but not enough time for rival gangs to forget Ford, nor enough time for the real owners of the drugs he was suspected of smuggling to forget that those drugs were worth millions. So aside from coming home to set things right, he’s also come back for his girl Shane (played by Monet Mazur), and to evade the authorities after he’s framed for Trey’s (Ice Cube, "Barbershop," "Barbershop 2") brother’s death. Like many of you, I’ve noticed that the TV commercials for this movie have more to do with the cardiac arrest pace of the action scenes than with the plot or the acting. That’s a clue. It tells you that the plot is completely coincidental, if not in the way. Its only purpose is to kill time between chase scenes, and what chase scenes they are! I’m being sarcastic because they are so unbelievable, and I mean literally, as in not to be believed. Jumping your motorcycle on top of a moving train? In a climatic scene Ford and the head of the rival motorcycle gang fly down the streets of Los Angeles at speeds approaching 200 miles per hour and are fighting at the same time. Personally, if I was driving 200 miles per hour with no crash bar, no seat belt or air bags, and on two wheels, I would be willing to put aside all my differences with just about anybody and put all my attention on the road. In the end, this is one of those pictures that if you buy what you see in the commercials you will like the movie. If the commercials don’t interest you at all, then let that be you guide. This is one that can be rented ¾ or forgotten altogether ¾ there are better ways to spend your time and money at the movie theater.
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