If you were going to parody Duel, how would you go about it? Certainly not with understatement and subtlety. I wouldn't think.
This movie started out rather normally - a bad breakup scene, a stranger aiding the damsel in distress, and the now ex-boyfriend seething as she drove off into the sunset with a guy whom we have a slight suspicion might be a maniac in his own right.
But then we immediately come to know they are not playing it straight with us when our savior/daredevil ends up barreling down the highway at 70 mph - backwards.
From there it's one riotous over-the -top scene after another, and that might have worn thin were it not for the wonderfully intentional overacting and absurd dialogue, the best example of which is Bo's hilarious take-off of Brando in Streetcar.
Adding to the fun is the endless parade of innocents a la Mad, Mad World who get steamrolled along the way, as Bo, more and more, comes to resemble a crazed version of John Belushi in Animal House.
Yes, I know, what you're thinking, "How can you get more crazed than Belushi in Animal House?" Just watch the fun.
This movie started out rather normally - a bad breakup scene, a stranger aiding the damsel in distress, and the now ex-boyfriend seething as she drove off into the sunset with a guy whom we have a slight suspicion might be a maniac in his own right.
But then we immediately come to know they are not playing it straight with us when our savior/daredevil ends up barreling down the highway at 70 mph - backwards.
From there it's one riotous over-the -top scene after another, and that might have worn thin were it not for the wonderfully intentional overacting and absurd dialogue, the best example of which is Bo's hilarious take-off of Brando in Streetcar.
Adding to the fun is the endless parade of innocents a la Mad, Mad World who get steamrolled along the way, as Bo, more and more, comes to resemble a crazed version of John Belushi in Animal House.
Yes, I know, what you're thinking, "How can you get more crazed than Belushi in Animal House?" Just watch the fun.