I don't know, they both seem pretty crazy to me. Why is it that Mary gets labelled dirty? And why wasn't Deke in the title? On the positive side, there's some nice camera work during the chase scenes and it's a testosterone-fueled bit of 70's muscle car filmmaking, with a star (Peter Fonda) who oozes natural cool and the rebelliousness of the era. The stunts include a jump off a moveable bridge, the cars racing along with one elevated on a parallel road (which Tarantino would reference in 'Death Proof'), and a pretty cool close encounter with a helicopter. The cops show a bit of cleverness late in the film (though pretty dumb otherwise), and I liked the ending, which seemed to fit well.
Unfortunately the story overall is simple, the dialogue is insipid, and it carries an undercurrent of misogyny. Some samples: "So help me, if you try another stunt like that again, I'm gonna braid your tits." (What? What does that even mean?) "If you do that again; I'm going to break every bone in your crotch!" (Again, what?) "I think I'm gonna screw Miss Mary. Do you mind, Deke?" (Ugh) He also regularly demeans her, calls her dingleberry, and a dumb broad. It doesn't help that the actress playing Mary (Susan George) is pretty awful, with her go-to look being one of wide-eyed astonishment. I took it for what it was and despite all that never really began actively disliking it, but would be embarrassed to recommend anyone watch it, except for some of the stunts.
Unfortunately the story overall is simple, the dialogue is insipid, and it carries an undercurrent of misogyny. Some samples: "So help me, if you try another stunt like that again, I'm gonna braid your tits." (What? What does that even mean?) "If you do that again; I'm going to break every bone in your crotch!" (Again, what?) "I think I'm gonna screw Miss Mary. Do you mind, Deke?" (Ugh) He also regularly demeans her, calls her dingleberry, and a dumb broad. It doesn't help that the actress playing Mary (Susan George) is pretty awful, with her go-to look being one of wide-eyed astonishment. I took it for what it was and despite all that never really began actively disliking it, but would be embarrassed to recommend anyone watch it, except for some of the stunts.