Written by Reuben Leder; Produced by Robert Bennett Steinhauer, Karen Harris, Jill Sherman
Directed by Frank Orsatti
David hires a car to travel to New York for an interview he's had lined up. He's unaware that the boot contains a million dollars of criminal money, and that one of the employees of the hire company is going to use the traveller as a decoy so that he can get away with the cash, unhindered by the mob who he hopes will then be after David.
Frustratingly padded with stock footage of car racing (reflecting the memories of the hire car employee, whose life has taken a turn for the mundane), Fast Lane is essentially a road movie contained within 46 minutes. It plods along at the opposite pace suggested by the title, appearing to be heading towards disaster. The story is enhanced by the complicating arrival of a failed waitress and things finally pick up as the various threads entwine for an exciting escape for what must be a bewildered David as he's forced to take part in a car chase that he probably could do without.
Number of Fists: ***
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