This film essentially begins with a man by the name of "Gordon" (Steve Forrest) who has built a sports car and needs a bank to finance further production. Not willing to take a chance on an unproven product he is given the opportunity to prove the car's reliability by entering it in a grueling race known as the "Trans-National Auto Race" which takes place in the Sahara Desert. Unfortunately, he dies just before the race and as a result his daughter "Dale" (Brooke Shields) disguises the fact that she is female and enters the race in his place. Initially, all of the racers are given their choice of paths to take on this race but they are warned if they take the shorter one there is a risk of a tribal war starting and are advised against that route as a precaution. Considering that the shorter route may save 3 or 4 days in the process, Dale accepts the risk but what she doesn't realize is that war has indeed broken out and that she will now have to contend with both warring factions if she is to have any chance of winning. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an okay film which had a decent plot and some good action scenes. It also had a lighthearted feel which tended to limit some of the scenes requiring drama or passion. That being said, although Brooke Shields was certainly quite beautiful, her acting wasn't really sufficient to overcome this problem and as a result I have to rate this film accordingly. Average.
