SPEED HERO Blog — car movies

Capital drift has been around for 6 years now. Since 2008 drifting has been organized in Victoria. Many people, and I mean many people have come and gone. Passed through the speedway during our events, in some cases, very selfishly. There is one person who has never left us, he's been here since Capital Drift began. Most of these people who have passed through, and many of them who have stuck around may have never noticed him, a sign of a true cameraman! Justin Robert has been the least selfish person I know, the most dedicated to Capital Drift.

Having conquored the local streets, Jason tries his hand at the dangerous underworld of Street Legal. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY5DFPW7-zU]

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ptzKKcLpA&w=610&h=390] Mighty Car Mods put together their first "feature length" video of a road trip around Hokkaido. It's a great look at Japan.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKrZ8eTcdK4&fs=1&hl=en_US] Peter Weir, the man behind the Truman Show and Master and Commander started his career directing movies in his native Australia.  His classic "The Cars That Eat People" also known as "The Cars That Ate Paris" is a dark, unsettling look at a secluded Australian town that lives off scavenging from wrecks they cause. It offers subtle jabs at rampant consumerism and is engulfed in gallows humor and a fair amount of grue however, playing spot the car is the most fun. This flick is...

So you can't speak German eh? Neither can I, but that didn't stop me from watching Manta Manta, the movie. A reader and friend of mine pointed out that there is another Manta themed film! Manta The Movie is a very similar and hilarious take on Manta drivers in '80s Germany! The sweet widebody action continues with a 6 wheeled twist. Whole movie is located here!