# Speed Zone (1989)

> A reckless cross-country car race turns rival drivers, police interference, and comic disasters into a high-speed 1980s road farce.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7016

## Facts

- Runtime: 94 min
- Genres: Comedy, Action
- Director: Jim Drake
- Cast: John Candy, Donna Dixon, Matt Frewer, Joe Flaherty, Tim Matheson, Mimi Kuzyk, Melody Anderson, Shari Belafonte
- TMDB rating: 4.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098369/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Mood: frantic, goofy, irreverent, lazy weekend, car movie marathon

## Movies like Speed Zone

- [Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/7321)
- [Cannonball (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/12779)
- [Deadline Auto Theft (1983)](https://ember.film/movie/59276)
- [Something Wild (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/6288)
- [Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)](https://ember.film/movie/9021)
- [Vanishing Point (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/6847)
- [The Cannonball Run (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/6278)
- [Rat Race (2001)](https://ember.film/movie/5027)
- [License to Drive (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/7982)
- [Armed and Dangerous (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/1768)

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