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Banzai Runner
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Genre:Action
Year:1986
Rating:NR
Length:1 Hour 27 Minutes
Cast:John G. Thomas, Dean Stockwell, John Shepherd, Charles Dierkop

Banzai Runner features two of the meanest faces in the movies: Dean Stockwell and Charles Dierkop. The story concerns a modern-day phenomenon, common among the very rich. Each year, an every-man-for-himself race is staged in the desert, with fat-cat motorists driving the custom cars at supersonic speed up and down the supposedly deserted highway. During one of these contests, a policeman is killed. With no witnesses, it's up to the cop's brother to see that justice is done. He accomplishes this by assuming a false identity and joining the race. Banzai Runner owes a lot to Mad Max and other such fast-paced road flicks, but there are a few surprises in store all the same. Hal Erickson