This formula competition film, set in the heretofore unexploited world of 4x4 off-road racing, is a would-be, low-rent LE MANS or LAST AMERICAN HERO for internal combustion fetishists of every stripe. Despite brand-name verisimilitude in the form of champion Roger Mears's real-life Nissan
Factory Team, DESERT STEEL is ample evidence that two guys, a stripped jeep, and a desert do not in themselves constitute an engaging narrative.
Two-fisted road warrior Zach Gardner (David Naughton) and his brother Brian (Scott La Rosa) are biding their time in dead-end delivery jobs, hoping to use Scott's revolutionary new engine and Zach's innate driving chops to storm the ...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
89 mins