A comedy that somehow has a very strong early 80s Burt Reynolds movie vibe to it, Used Cars is a scoundrel story of a few ruthless individuals who trying to make their living by selling piece of junk cars to any unwary customer – by any means necessary.

As is the case with many of the early 1980’s movies, Used Cars is a bit too seventies in its style for my taste. This is the kind of comedy that trades in all the plausability with explosions, tits and wacky racing bits. While one could argue it’s all part of the genre and done just for the sake of entertainment, it is somewhat bothersome that all the characters here seem to follow a scripted movie logic instead of any kind of common sense.

The always charismatic Kurt Russell in feature film debut pulls off the lovable scoundrel bit admirably, but much like his character here who knows he has more to offer and suffers as a car salesman, the role here seems a bit menial for Russell who’d go on to star in such a legendary titles as Escape from New York, The Thing and Big Trouble in Little China.

80s-o-meter: 58%

Total: 62%