Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, the movie that was made way back in 1977 about a Volkswagen Beetle(sporting the number 53) that had a mind of its own, fell in love with another car, drove around on its own, was one that I freaked out on through my childhood days, and I still posess the VCR . It had left me longing for some more and wondering what happened to Herbie after the race ...
My prayers were finally answered with Herbie Fully Loaded, a kind of sequel where the car moves from Monte carlo racing to NASCAR and road racing.The movie begins with the Graduation ceremony to which Maggie Peyton(Lindsey lohan) makes an entry on her skate board and the next day, her dad, Ray Peyton Sr.(Micheal Keaton) decides to get her a car, so he takes her to the Scrap dumpyard, where she is forced to pick Herbie for $75. She hops into the car and is welcomed by an envelope that falls out of the dashboard telling her that Herbie is special and will solve all her problems. The car, then races over to Kevin’s custom shop run by Kevin(Justin Long), a high school friend of Maggie . The car takes them for a ride, when Kevin suggests they take Herbie for a test ride, leading them straight into a Road racing event, beating Trip Murphy (Matt Dillon) at a one on one race.
So Trip, raging with anger calls for a rematch, a 2day racing event, where the winner gets $10, 000 and he hopes to figure out the secret behind the Mysterious Bug. Maggie’s dad is against her racing, but all she wants to do is Race. Does she get to do that? Does Herbie survive Trip’s torment?
What happens hereafter I aint going to tell you, for you to need to watch the movie and enjoy the thrill and experience it brings you.. Its basically a movie about Herbie and the kind of bonding the driver develops with it, its quirky behaviour, how it acts when in love.....
Off I go... Vrrrrrrrrrrrrooooommmmmmm!!!!