Fast Company

R

1979

1 hr. 30 min.

Drama

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89%

9 Reviews

Tomatometer

30%

1,000+ Ratings

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After his sponsor replaces him with his archrival, a race-car driver decides to steal the car and race it himself.

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John C

Very nostalgic of the racing culture and life in the late 70"s. Think is move by David Cronenberg is a jewel that is well worth seeing!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/18/23

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David W

Fast Company is a significant deviation for Cronenberg's filmography, but reading about his reasoning makes it understandable and more enjoyable to watch. It's mostly a conventional action movie. Cronenberg contributes some clever camera work, but aside from that, he mostly delivers a commitment to a solid final product and a love of what the film is portraying. With a lackluster underlying story, I would only watch this again if there were nothing better to choose from.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Devon J

A little movie that could

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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william k

Well-made, but otherwise not particularly remarkable racetrack drama is certainly the most harmless movie David Cronenberg ever made; cast is OK with John Saxon adequately playing the plot's villain.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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jack s

I checked this out because Cronenberg directed it and I've admired his other work. However, this is completely different from his early horror/sci-fi projects. Instead he presents his gearhead side here and the racing scenes and technical in-car point-of-view shots are the most exciting and entertaining parts of the film. The always reliable Smith and Saxon provide good support here, but the drag racing scenes are the primary show, and overall it's a pretty good one! Loud, unpleasant musical score, however.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Cronenberg continues to disappoint me with his early career. Fast Company is unique from his other films because it doesn’t have any horror elements, but it does feature his signature cast full of awful bland actors. A movie about thrill-seeking drivers who engage in some of the most dangerous car racing that exists, and yet every actor is delivering lines like they are accountants. There’s a logical and coherent story to this film, which is an improvement over the other 2 early Cronenberg films I’ve seen, but it’s not a very exciting story. One of the problems is that this kind of car racing is so fast that it lacks drama. I’m not a fan of NASCAR, but at least there is some build to those races, with changing leaders and other potential for drama. But in a race that literally takes seconds, you can’t build any tension. It’s over before you even have time to care. I found the entire movie to lack thrills just like the races. Perhaps it would work if I had some investment in the characters, but since they are so bland and uninteresting I struggled to care. They try to weave in relationship drama as if we cared about the personal lives of these characters, but that fell flat for me as well. Fast Company isn’t a disastrous film, but it doesn’t have enough of interest happening to make me enjoy watching it or ever recommend it to someone else.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/11/19

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David Cronenberg

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William Smith

Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson

John Saxon

Phil Adamson

Claudia Jennings

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Matt Noller

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Fans of well-crafted B movies, on the other hand, will be right at home.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 25, 2009

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David Nusair

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...a decent-enough entry within Cronenbergs hit-and-miss filmography.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 14, 2022

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Even in a yee-haw drive-in flick about manly men drivin' cars, Cronenberg manages to sneak in some body-consciousness.

Rated: B+

Jul 6, 2010

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

A sharp experiment in drive-in cinema

Feb 6, 2010

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Felix Gonzalez Jr.

DVD Review

There is nothing particularly memorable about Fast Company, even at the most superficial level.

Jun 29, 2009

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

An enjoyable pedestrian drive-in B-film about drag racing.

Rated: B-

Feb 15, 2007

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Synopsis

After his sponsor replaces him with his archrival, a race-car driver decides to steal the car and race it himself.

Director: David Cronenberg
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 3, 2017

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