Former race-car driver Brent Magna is pitted against the clock when his wife is kidnapped by a mysterious villain. He commandeers a young woman's car and takes her on on a high-speed race against time.
For anyone looking for a slice of low-rent action, Getaway provides plenty of cheap thrills for your buck.
You watch the resultant, wholly bloodless carnage with brain in neutral and eyes glazing over, as you would a re-run of Police, Camera, Action! at two in the morning.
Alas, director Courtney Solomon burns out all the cool potential, leaving us with a witless and unforgivably tame car wreck.
This isn't so much a movie as a glorified stock-car race.
If only they'd spent more time tuning up the script rather than just trawling through the junkyard of used car parts.
General release. Check local listings for show times.