Blu-ray Review – The Devil at Your Heels

Kenneth Gordon Polsjek was a boy with a dream. He grew up in the “slums” of Montreal, handling poverty and an aborted education, forced into maturity to make a living at a young age. Kenneth was drawn to spectacle, and was soon reborn as “Ken Carter,” setting out to create a career on the daredevil circuit during the 1970s. He was a man driven to success and to entertain, embracing his growing status as a fearless star in the stunt world, always hunting for his next event. 1981’s “The Devil at Your Heels” is a documentary about Carter’s quest for the impossible, with director Robert Fortier following the “Mad Canadian” for five years, capturing the development of a mile-long jet car jump as its challenged by all kinds of setbacks and delays. Carter is a character, and “The Devil at Your Heels” is an interesting, but slowly paced understanding of his drive to find publicity and fame, taking his act to the extreme to secure his place as the number one stunt driver in the world. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com