RIDE IN A PINK CAR is one in a sub-genre of films exploring the plight of Vietnam veterans returning home and trying to re-integrate into a cold society that doesn't really want them. This film goes for a low budget crime thriller angle but the story is too devoid of originality to really work, but the main problem is that other, similar films like ROLLING THUNDER and FIRST BLOOD are real classics and this just doesn't come close.
It actually begins much like FIRST BLOOD, with ex-soldier Glenn Corbett returning home to find that he isn't really wanted. Criminal gangs have taken over his town and his wife has married his brother, leading to much awkwardness. What follows is highly dated and seems to deliberately reference BILLY JACK at times although it isn't as good as that film either. There's some occasional good music, some not bad low-rent action in the form of car chases and the like, but generally a try-hard-but-fails feel.
It actually begins much like FIRST BLOOD, with ex-soldier Glenn Corbett returning home to find that he isn't really wanted. Criminal gangs have taken over his town and his wife has married his brother, leading to much awkwardness. What follows is highly dated and seems to deliberately reference BILLY JACK at times although it isn't as good as that film either. There's some occasional good music, some not bad low-rent action in the form of car chases and the like, but generally a try-hard-but-fails feel.