Still more musclecars in movies and t.v.....part 2

Seems everyone has an insatiable appettite to know about movies and shows that feature our beloved muscle machines, so I'm happy to oblige. Here's some more That I didn't think of while writing the last post.  # 1. "Impulse" directed by Clint Eastwood's ex-grilfriend Sondra Locke, this cool thriller never got the critical acclaim or the box-office success it deserved; it should have been a blockbuster like "Basic Instinct".  Sexy Theresa Russel- ( "Whore", "Black Widow", "Physical Evidence" ) gives a badass performance as a strung out detective on the verge of banktuptcy and termination from the police force. When her Bright Blue IROC-Z Camaro gets a flat one night, she goes to a bar while the tire is being fixed. When a rich guy mistakes her for a high-priced-hooker and offers her 5 grand to have sex with him, she agrees and goes home with him. Except he's a big-time drug dealer, and his enemies rub him out while she's there. Instead of calling it in, she takes the money and runs. Both the police and the bad guys figure out that the guy wasn't alone and start searching for the missing witness. Luckily, she gets assigned the case. Russel trained hard for this movie; she wasn't as buff as Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2, but she was lean and hard, and showed her athleticism when again working undercover as a high-priced hooker, the assasins find her. Before they can react, she rips off the bottom of her cocktail dress, kicks off her heels, and dives into the elevator, where she pulls a .44 Magnum out of her purse. The killers take the stairs to the parking garage and get there just in time to see her sprinting up the ramp to the street. She leads them on a stunning running gunfight that ends in a small, hole-in-the-wall liquor-store. Barefoot and out of ammo, she uses some "Jailhouse Rock" ( an up-and-down the body fighting style that came out of the prison system; it's good for fighting in tight spaces, like jail cells ) moves to finish off the final two guys. When the Internal Affairs shooting investigator chides her for having a non-department issue weapon, and not calling for backup she sneers-"So give me a couple days off for violating procedure." She's even defiant to the shrink that IA makes her go to; she knows she's a bitch and a whore with a gambling and drug problem and doesn't care. She really can't understand why IA is on her ass; she closes a lot of cases-that's all that should matter. She's headed for a brick wall and doesn't take her foot off the gas. The IROC-Z gets a little chase action. Refreshing in that there's no cutesy redemption at the end; she's as messed up as when we started.  # 2. "Nash Bridges"  Years after "Miami Vice",  Don Johnson had another hit playing basically the same character. Sonny Crockett was a cool-ass detective that drove a drug dealer's confiscated Ferarri. Nash Bridges was a cool-ass detective that drove his long-lost brother's 1970 Hemi 'Cuda Convertible. Except the car has the '71 style grille, and their all  really 360 / automatics, except for the close-up car-and Johnson's favorite-that one's a 340 / 4-speed.  We can forgive all that however; Cheech Marin is a riot as Johnson's neurotic partner, and Yasmine Bleeth ( "Baywatch" ) is his sexy girlfriend and there's lots of chases and shoot'em up action. It lasted 5 or 6 seasons, which you can buy on DVD.  # 3. "Burn Notice"  This USA series features Jeffrey Donovan, Bruce Campell ( " Evil Dead" series ) and the smokin' hot Gabrielle Anwar as disgraced spies that are always in trouble. Donovan's character drives a sinister black 1973 Charger with Cragar mags. Lots of gunplay and car chases, just mindless fun for action fans. # 4. "NCIS." Mark Harmon is a Naval Criminal Investigator who sometimes drives a new Hemi Charger, and sometimes drives a yellow 1970 Challenger R / T with a 440. Cote' De Pablo and Micheal Weatherly are hilarious as his bickering underlings that can't admit they want to have sex with each other.  # 5. "NCIS: Los Angeles"  This spin-off stars Chris O' Donnel and LL Cool J as a Crockett-and-Tubbs type investigator team. LL Cool J drives a Black 2011 Hemi Challenger R / T with a magnussen blower on it, and is restoring a 1970 Challenger R / T-he mentions "Vanishing Point" and Kowalski frequently, and gets in a lot of chases in the new one.  # 6 "The Good Guys"  Dabney Coleman starred in this action-comedy series about Atlanta Cops. It only lasted one season, however it's notable that one of the cops ( I can't remember the actor's name )  drove a 1979 "Macho T/A".  T/A's get a lot of screen time in movies and shows, but this is the first time I've seen a "Macho" featured.  # 7. "Heart Like a Wheel". Stars Bonnie Bedelia ( "Presumed Innocent" "Die Hard" 1 and 2 ) as Shirley Muldowney-the first woman to ever win a Top Fuel drag racing championship. Lots of '60's and '70's musclecars and drag racing action. The movie made her look like a bitch and a whore; she leaves her husband and kids for Top Fuel Champion racer Conrad "Connie" Kalitta for no other reason than to further her racing career. She dresses like a hooker and calls herself  "Cha-Cha" early on to get attention from the Car magazines and national newspapers; then later screams about how sexist the racing business and car magazine are!. The Ironic thing is-the real Shirley Muldowney was an associate producer of the film!!  She was obviously trying to make herself look good, so I can't imagine what an asshole she was in real life. However, after the film came out both fellow racer Don Garlits and Bonnie Bedelia said she was "Beyond Bitch" and even worse than the film portrayed her. Yikes!  So there-go make a run to the video store or redbox machine. Mastermind