grantss Three truckers are setting off across country when they are harassed by a local Sheriff. The Sheriff is happy to use his power to extort money from anyone who he runs into, and he has a particular dislike for truckers. He and one of the truckers, "Rubber Duck", have a long-standing feud. This boils over when the truckers refuse to give in to one of his extortion attempts and get into a fight with the Sheriff and the local police. This results in a cross-state, even inter- state chase, and grows in magnitude as more and more trucks join the rebels, forming a convoy.Pretty weak movie. Generally just one long car/truck chase scene, with little escapades along the way. Had some potential to make a statement about freedom and taking a stand against fascism (maybe a Vanishing Point with trucks) but hardly touches either subject. Instead it's one of those mindless elongated cross country car chase movies. Most perplexing of all, this is directed by Sam Peckinpah, the man who gave us The Wild Bunch, Cross of Iron, Straw Dogs and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. His movies usually have solid plots, good themes and are quite gritty and violent. This has none of those traits. Why he chose to direct this, I don't know. He must have needed the money.

Uriah43 This movie begins with three truckers driving under the handles of "the Rubber Duck" (Kris Kristofferson), "Pig Pen" (Burt Young) and "Spider Mike" (Franklin Ajaye) minding their own business and cruising down the highway. Suddenly, from out of nowhere they get a message that the highway is totally clear and advising them to speed up. Naturally, they eagerly follow this advice only to find out that the person on the other end of the CB radio is actually an Arizona sheriff named "Lyle Wallace" (Ernest Borgnine) and he has tricked them into violating the speed limit. Not only that, but he then proceeds to pocket their money in exchange for letting them go on their way. Needless to say, this doesn't make them very happy and when one of the Sheriff's deputies tries to harass Spider Mike at a nearby truck stop things quickly go south from there. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this movie is based on a song that came out a year or two earlier and helped to further a new American fad involving CB radios and films based on highway truck drivers. Although these films seemed quite new and exciting at the time, the luster has essentially vanished from most of these movies and this particular picture is no exception as it now seems rather dull and outdated. Slightly below average.

trashgang Grown up as a child end seventies early eighties I never forgot this flick up to it's new unrated and remastered release on Blu ray, time to pick it up and watch it allover again.The story is rather simple, when a trucker , Rubber Duck (Kris Kristofferson) comes across Sheriff Lyle 'Cottonmouth' Wallace (Ernest Borgnine) trouble starts between the two of them. From there on all truckers around Arizona unite with Rubber Duck to make a convoy against the smokeys. To be honest, the story do remind you a bit of a good old western and in fact it does. But what makes this flick outstanding is the fact that no effects were used, it were all on-camera stunts and they do look amazing. Just see one muscle car crash into the air. See how trucks fall over or how the crush a police car. Or what about the ending. It's also very clear that Sam Peckinpah was the director in one of his final flicks, just see the use of slo-mo and the panoramic shots.Even as it is excellent it do has a few problems, i's rather slow sometimes but the action all over the flick makes it up. On the other hand made in the seventies racism was still going on and was a'normal' thing especially in the South. And we do see some racial aspects.Made after another excellent flick, Smokey And The Bandit (1977) this is a perfect example of how people looked and laughed towards the police. Worth picking up and watch it in full glory.Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 4/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

Steve Pulaski C.W. McCall's 1975 hit song "Convoy" is one of the most unique and different songs to ever come out of the country genre. Its unique blend of citizens band radio (CB radio) dialog combined with a catchy, spoken-word story about a group of rebellious truckers that decide to disobey all road signs, law enforcement, and trucker policies to just be one with the road, their trucks, and their individualism, which eventually results in the creation of a trucking convoy makes for a song that does nothing but get ones energy flowing and their excitement flourishing. Throw in inanely catchy instrumentation, trucker lingo appropriately imitating life on the road, and McCall's fittingly deep vocals and you have a song that just works on sight and creates a wonderful and original vibe.Adapting McCall's novelty song into a film bearing the same name was a wise choice because the song is so much a story and full of sometimes ambiguous lingo that showing how something like a trucker rebellion would play out if it were to happen only makes sense. The film follows McCall's hit nicely, as it focuses on a deviant trucker nicknamed "Rubber Duck" (Kris Kristofferson), who bands together with his road-friends "Love Machine" (later nicknamed "Pig Pen," played by Burt Young), and "Spider Mike" (Franklyn Ajaye) to protest the corrupt ways of Sheriff Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace (Ernest Borgnine), by driving their trucks at top speed to the state line of New Mexico and as far as they can possibly go. Also on board with "Rubber Duck" as a passenger is Melissa (Ali MacGraw), who initially tempts him by driving without pants in a Jaguar convertible at top speed down the road. The gaggle of truckers eventually start a convoy, made up of truckers from all over the country, "long-haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus," among many others who are riding in protest of police corruption and the pursuit of individuality.Sam Peckinpah directs Convoy with a necessary sense of fun, gusto, and clear enjoyment, filming many shots of truckers and their drivers flooring it down interstates, weaving in and out of traffic, and even working to stop law-enforcement by using two eighteen-wheelers to crush a police cruiser flying down the highway at top speed. In addition, Peckinpah works to develop the relationship these truckers have with their roads, but also each other, even if their friends exist predominately as voices on the other end of a scratchy CB radio, spouting slang and vague phrases at each other hoping to achieve a goal only a select few will understand. The individualism in the film is nearly unmatchable, as we see that "Rubber Duck," "Pig Pen," and "Spider Mike" have a genuine love for what they do and, as McCall stated in his song, "ain't nothing' gonna get in their way." On top of that, the film is filled with talents that are fun to watch, specifically Kristofferson and Borgnine, two instantly recognizable actors in roles they were built to play. Watching the film and seeing their relationship develop over time is a real treat because you can see the way each of them respond to each others quips and acts of deviancy and disobedience. On top of that, the supporting cast of Young and Ajaye are entertaining, especially in the early scenes in the film, where the central focus is on their dialog with each other. Last, but certainly not least, is MacGraw, who does a beautiful job of holding her own, being the only female lead in the entire film.Convoy also has the ability to surprise by becoming a surprisingly deeper story during the film's last act, addressing issues of racism, opposition to individuality and rebellion, and corruption within a system with a sense of honesty and seriousness. For a film that bears such an asinine premise and a cheesy aesthetic, it's easy to not expect this particular film to bear such a notion of competence in terms of illustrating a moral. But that is only one of several ways Peckinpah's Convoy surprises as it lives up to a terrific song and terrific idea in an entertaining manner.Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Burt Young, Franklin Ajaye, and Ernest Borgnine. Directed by: Sam Peckinpah.