This is a fun and oh, so funny, yuppie, hit the road biker film. John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William Macy make this laugh out loud funny. The truth is, we all know and may have even ridden with, a guy like, any one of the movies characters.
The premise is four, forty something, suburbanites who have lost their zest for life; hatch a plan while having a beer at their favorite bar and “Wal La” the Wild Hogs ride again. These guys like a lot of folks only ride their bikes once a week and that is only as far as their local watering hole. In the movie like many in real life, these bikes have never seen the open road.
Although some parts are corny and the biker badass played by Ray Liotta, is a poor fit, it’s still funny. Again these bikers are made to look like buffoons and or stupid, incompetent, morons take your pick; but if it’s all taken in good fun, then it is a good laugh. I personally have witnessed the happy dance Travolta performs solo in the movie by someone who will remain nameless!
From the frequent pee stops to the numb balls and I can’t feel my legs the over forty humor is great. This movie is suitable for the entire family or a group with a few beers in them will have a good laugh. The boys are riding real Harley's, Travolta and Allen are riding Fat Boys, Lawrence is riding a Springer softail and Macy no surprise is riding a Sportster. Macy’s character is a “dooff” but the stunt rider playing him is really something!
I highly recommend you check this out its well worth the look.
It gets six out of six shots!
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Ghost rider (2007)
This film was taken from the “Marvel Comic Book” series and they did a good job of transitioning from a comic book to film. Nicholas Cage plays the lead and does a good job making some of the best psycho faces in the business. He is aided by Sam Elliot playing the part of the western ghost rider. There’s nothing not to like about this movie as long as you understand that this is not your traditional type of biker flick.
Cage’s character is a stunt motorcycle rider getting his start along side his father on the carnival circuit. He goes on to become totally “Evil Kanevilesk”. All of this comes about because Cage finds out his father is dying of cancer and sells his soul to the devil. Years later the devil forces him to become the bounty hunter aka Ghost rider.
It’s a fun story, suitable for the entire family. There are plenty of stunt bikes and jumps to make it interesting. The Harley in the film is a great old school chopper knockoff. The bike has a traditional flame paint job, with lots of chrome, fishtail pipes, ape hanger handlebars, spoke wheels and the front end has a nice rake. The whole thing is finished off with a polished panhead motor. That’s right she’s a looker!
The bike makes a gruesome transformation too bad it was all animation because if the bike was real it would have really been something. It transitions into the devils ride flaming tire, a skeleton looking frame with a fairing that is demonized. Too bad it isn’t real anyway it looked badass.
It’s a good flick, good versus evil on a Harley what’s not to like!
I’ll give this one four shots any day.
Cage’s character is a stunt motorcycle rider getting his start along side his father on the carnival circuit. He goes on to become totally “Evil Kanevilesk”. All of this comes about because Cage finds out his father is dying of cancer and sells his soul to the devil. Years later the devil forces him to become the bounty hunter aka Ghost rider.
It’s a fun story, suitable for the entire family. There are plenty of stunt bikes and jumps to make it interesting. The Harley in the film is a great old school chopper knockoff. The bike has a traditional flame paint job, with lots of chrome, fishtail pipes, ape hanger handlebars, spoke wheels and the front end has a nice rake. The whole thing is finished off with a polished panhead motor. That’s right she’s a looker!
The bike makes a gruesome transformation too bad it was all animation because if the bike was real it would have really been something. It transitions into the devils ride flaming tire, a skeleton looking frame with a fairing that is demonized. Too bad it isn’t real anyway it looked badass.
It’s a good flick, good versus evil on a Harley what’s not to like!
I’ll give this one four shots any day.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Born Losers (1967)
Wow I forgot all about this movie and I should have left it that way. It is a true “bikers are psycho rapists” movie and man are they busy in this one. It is also what I believe is the very first “Billy Jack” movie with Billy being played by Tom Laughlin. If your old enough you’ll remember they made a few of these about a righteous, x-Green Beret, American Indian, who avenges anyone needing his help.
In this one he’s avenging the young girls of his town that were raped by the one piece patch wearing, psycho bikers. It’s obvious that this one was filmed on a shoe string budget and boy does it show. The acting is comical, the bikers and their wacky outfits are laughable. Not to mention the ridiculous white shades worn by their leader “Danny”. No real biker of the day would have been caught dead in those glasses not unless he was riding sidesaddle.
Since I haven’t a single favorite scene in this movie, I’ll tell you about my least favorite. This scene shows the freshly raped young girl recovering at home and naturally decides to perform a strip tease in front of her mirror for her stuffed animal. Are you kidding me? Even I know rape victims don’t behave like that. Not in the 1960’s and not today. The director and the writers should all be bitch slapped for being so damn stupid.
Funny, but outlaw bikers wear leather to protect against road rash yet in this film little rich girls ride Jap bikes in Bikinis! Yea, like we see that everyday! The plot is weak; the bikers are buffoons, who deservedly get stomped by the pissed off Indian. Give that man a casino…
This gets one shot if someone will loan me the bullet!
In this one he’s avenging the young girls of his town that were raped by the one piece patch wearing, psycho bikers. It’s obvious that this one was filmed on a shoe string budget and boy does it show. The acting is comical, the bikers and their wacky outfits are laughable. Not to mention the ridiculous white shades worn by their leader “Danny”. No real biker of the day would have been caught dead in those glasses not unless he was riding sidesaddle.
Since I haven’t a single favorite scene in this movie, I’ll tell you about my least favorite. This scene shows the freshly raped young girl recovering at home and naturally decides to perform a strip tease in front of her mirror for her stuffed animal. Are you kidding me? Even I know rape victims don’t behave like that. Not in the 1960’s and not today. The director and the writers should all be bitch slapped for being so damn stupid.
Funny, but outlaw bikers wear leather to protect against road rash yet in this film little rich girls ride Jap bikes in Bikinis! Yea, like we see that everyday! The plot is weak; the bikers are buffoons, who deservedly get stomped by the pissed off Indian. Give that man a casino…
This gets one shot if someone will loan me the bullet!
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Wild Angels (1966)
Wow! This is bad (no play on words here), a very bad biker flick. So far this is the king of all really bad biker flicks. This portrays bikers in the very worst possible light imaginable. It falls into the wilding, rapists of destruction category; if there actually is such a thing. Oddly this mess turns into a creepy version of “Weekend at Bernie’s” without any of the humor. Damn this was hard to sit through.
In the film, the outlaw club is called “Angels” the bottom rocker reads San Pedro. With names as big as Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd you might think that you would actually get something good. How wrong you would be. This was so bad that Nancy Sinatra denounced the film for fear it would hurt her stellar career.
The plot is thin and slow and oh so boring. It is about an Angel member named “Loser” played by Bruce Dern; who ultimately becomes aka “Bernie”. His character uses more street lingo than I have ever heard anyone use in one sentence in my entire life. The movie is about his missing chopper. Which has been found in Mexico and his club sets out to retrieve it. Along the way “the Loser” as he’s repeatedly called, gets in an accident, then is arrested and ultimately dies. Boo fucking whoo! “Oh, no!” I’ve just given away the best part of the film if the word best can even be applied to this movie.
What’s wrong with this film? Well let’s see first the characters aren’t believable or likable and you can’t even hate them because it’s just so damn bad. The plot is weak, while the acting is weaker and then it goes to hell from there. The bongo music blows and I don’t mean that in a good way.
The film proceeds with the club wrecking the church where their brother’s funeral is held. If that isn’t enough they beat up the preacher and tie him up. Then a frenzied party takes place complete with dancing bikers, booze guzzling and of course bongo music. In addition they remove their dead buddy from his coffin and prop him up for the party. During the frenzy two of "the Loser’s" loyal brothers drug and rape his ole lady all while party central happens. Yea right!
The only part of this that was at all tolerable was the fact that they were actually riding Harley’s and not the bastardized Honda knockoffs some movies use. This movie was actually painful to watch because it is so damn bad.
I wouldn’t waste the lead on this one, it gets zero shots.
In the film, the outlaw club is called “Angels” the bottom rocker reads San Pedro. With names as big as Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd you might think that you would actually get something good. How wrong you would be. This was so bad that Nancy Sinatra denounced the film for fear it would hurt her stellar career.
The plot is thin and slow and oh so boring. It is about an Angel member named “Loser” played by Bruce Dern; who ultimately becomes aka “Bernie”. His character uses more street lingo than I have ever heard anyone use in one sentence in my entire life. The movie is about his missing chopper. Which has been found in Mexico and his club sets out to retrieve it. Along the way “the Loser” as he’s repeatedly called, gets in an accident, then is arrested and ultimately dies. Boo fucking whoo! “Oh, no!” I’ve just given away the best part of the film if the word best can even be applied to this movie.
What’s wrong with this film? Well let’s see first the characters aren’t believable or likable and you can’t even hate them because it’s just so damn bad. The plot is weak, while the acting is weaker and then it goes to hell from there. The bongo music blows and I don’t mean that in a good way.
The film proceeds with the club wrecking the church where their brother’s funeral is held. If that isn’t enough they beat up the preacher and tie him up. Then a frenzied party takes place complete with dancing bikers, booze guzzling and of course bongo music. In addition they remove their dead buddy from his coffin and prop him up for the party. During the frenzy two of "the Loser’s" loyal brothers drug and rape his ole lady all while party central happens. Yea right!
The only part of this that was at all tolerable was the fact that they were actually riding Harley’s and not the bastardized Honda knockoffs some movies use. This movie was actually painful to watch because it is so damn bad.
I wouldn’t waste the lead on this one, it gets zero shots.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Mask
The difference between this movie and many other biker films is this one is based on the true life story of Rocky and Rusty Dennis a mother and her son. Making this movie even more amazing was that the real life Rocky Dennis played fantastically by Eric Stoltz suffered from a rare and debilitating disease that caused facial deformity sometimes referred to as Lions disease. Yet in the gentle hands of his mother’s friends he felt safe and loved and had as near a normal a life experience as was humanly possible.
This 1985 biker flick can’t be called a feel good flick because it is just too damn sad. It does however portray the local outlaw bike club the “Turks” in the way a lot of us remember clubs to be. This unique group of misfits; who accept one another unconditionally often times treating each other better than family. It goes back to the way things used to be. This group of fun loving, yet family oriented, Harley riding, hard partying bikers show us the very best humankind has to offer, acceptance, compassion and forgiveness.
The bikes are authentic and stay true to the times complete with kick starter’s and tall fishtail pipes. You gotta love the clothes and the hair styles; again they do the eighties justice. I was surprised at the amount of big names that were in this one. From Cher who plays the loving but sometimes drugged out mother Rusty Dennis, to Sam Elliot, who plays Cher’s handsome biker love interest. The other well known names are Laura Dern and Estelle Getty to name just a few.
Although this may be considered the chick flick of biker films it most defiantly deserves a look. Pull out the Kleenex for this one because it will tug at your heart strings. I don’t care how tough you are this will make you laugh and cry.
This receives six out of six shots it’s right on target.
This 1985 biker flick can’t be called a feel good flick because it is just too damn sad. It does however portray the local outlaw bike club the “Turks” in the way a lot of us remember clubs to be. This unique group of misfits; who accept one another unconditionally often times treating each other better than family. It goes back to the way things used to be. This group of fun loving, yet family oriented, Harley riding, hard partying bikers show us the very best humankind has to offer, acceptance, compassion and forgiveness.
The bikes are authentic and stay true to the times complete with kick starter’s and tall fishtail pipes. You gotta love the clothes and the hair styles; again they do the eighties justice. I was surprised at the amount of big names that were in this one. From Cher who plays the loving but sometimes drugged out mother Rusty Dennis, to Sam Elliot, who plays Cher’s handsome biker love interest. The other well known names are Laura Dern and Estelle Getty to name just a few.
Although this may be considered the chick flick of biker films it most defiantly deserves a look. Pull out the Kleenex for this one because it will tug at your heart strings. I don’t care how tough you are this will make you laugh and cry.
This receives six out of six shots it’s right on target.
Friday, September 25, 2009
The Loveless (1961)
This is very, very slow moving film. It is however a snapshot of life in general, in the nineteen-fifties. The plot centers around a group of rag tag bikers, trying to make their way to the Daytona bike rally. One of the bikes breakdowns along the way and they have to make a stop in a small town in the middle of nowhere.
The leader of the pack is a dry, sullen, emotionless character called Vance played by a very young William Defoe. Vance has recently been released from jail or “storage” as it is referred to in the film. The film portrays Defoe’s character as deeply damaged and to that degree they succeeded.
The film is a unique time capsule like peek into the past. It depicts the attitudes of small town USA (anti-biker scum), the music (very fifties), along with all the puffy and greasy hair styles. The clothes were true to the era, the cars were great and the bikes all were nailed perfectly. The bikers are barely rude and barely crude; in comparison to the way many people talk today, however for their time it would be right on the money. The lingo fits too a little beatnikish, yet follows along with the groups slow moving, no hurry, playful kind of behavior right up to the end where it goes a little sideways.
Sadly it appears that since the lead characters stint in “storage” he’s lost the ability to feel a damn thing, bummer for him. Where in the end he witnesses the same painful ending as the rest of us yet he remains emotionless. The other biker characters in the bar go psycho crazy but just for a moment. Thankfully the bad guy in the film isn’t a biker and he gets his due.
There were two real shockers in the film. The first was the sight of Defoe’s very white ass. Second was the full frontal nudity shown after the interrupted love scene! Wow, very risqué for 1961 I’d say! If you like authentic details and that kind of thing then it’s worth a look. If not it is slow, slow, slow and the plot is so, so.
This gets three shots for all the accurate tidbits throughout the film.
The leader of the pack is a dry, sullen, emotionless character called Vance played by a very young William Defoe. Vance has recently been released from jail or “storage” as it is referred to in the film. The film portrays Defoe’s character as deeply damaged and to that degree they succeeded.
The film is a unique time capsule like peek into the past. It depicts the attitudes of small town USA (anti-biker scum), the music (very fifties), along with all the puffy and greasy hair styles. The clothes were true to the era, the cars were great and the bikes all were nailed perfectly. The bikers are barely rude and barely crude; in comparison to the way many people talk today, however for their time it would be right on the money. The lingo fits too a little beatnikish, yet follows along with the groups slow moving, no hurry, playful kind of behavior right up to the end where it goes a little sideways.
Sadly it appears that since the lead characters stint in “storage” he’s lost the ability to feel a damn thing, bummer for him. Where in the end he witnesses the same painful ending as the rest of us yet he remains emotionless. The other biker characters in the bar go psycho crazy but just for a moment. Thankfully the bad guy in the film isn’t a biker and he gets his due.
There were two real shockers in the film. The first was the sight of Defoe’s very white ass. Second was the full frontal nudity shown after the interrupted love scene! Wow, very risqué for 1961 I’d say! If you like authentic details and that kind of thing then it’s worth a look. If not it is slow, slow, slow and the plot is so, so.
This gets three shots for all the accurate tidbits throughout the film.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Hell Riders (2006)
Wow what a confusing mess, dressed in outlaw biker garb, well almost. You can’t include “The Gent” played by Michael Madsen in that sentence. He played the good looking, womanizing, fast shooting outlaw biker. The only problem with that is he is always dressed in a ruffled tuxedo shirt and a suit jacket complete with his patch sewn onto it! Are you kidding me? Add to that an all white club with a “Brotha” in the pack, only in Hollywood or maybe the Chosen Few!
This who’s on first, no who’s on second, non comedy skit between the Victors motorcycle club and the Six-Six-Six motorcycle club, now you see um now their dead. This makes it very hard to keep track. If it wasn’t confusing enough just add in; the recurring call to meet “the Pres.” Who is actually called Pistolero played by Larry Bishop. It’s a bit like where’s Waldo only in leather.
I can only think that “Johnny Zero” played by Dennis Hopper and David Carradine who played ah; oh hell I can’t even remember. These two renowned actors are either broke or have absolutely nothing better to do to have said yes to this mess of a script.
The movie centers around a Victor’s member named “Bix” who is later renamed “Comanche” who is the son of a dead murdered Indian woman who knew too much and was played by Eric Balfour. Ya think? Of course it would be so wrong of me to give away the real twist; if you can call it that. Being the giver that I am I‘ll leave that for you.
Meanwhile sit back and enjoy or not, the silly plays on words and the meant to be humorous banter; such as the Gents rant about dust. Seriously someone got paid to write that shit!
Now for the films few redeeming qualities, the bikes were great and authentic and that’s a plus. There is a lot of shooting also done well, lots of half naked chicks splashing about or sucking face all while bare breasted not bad either. My favorite was the Six-Six-Sixers use of arrows shot from an air guns, cleaver, unique and deadly.
This flick does have its fun factor except that it represents bikers as murdering, disloyal, womanizing, drugging, hard drinking and unemployed outlaws. Fortunately the action allows you to sit threw it to the end but I’m betting that like myself, when it’s over you’ll ask anyone in the room, “What the hell was that?”
This gets three shots out of six only because I liked the bikes.
This who’s on first, no who’s on second, non comedy skit between the Victors motorcycle club and the Six-Six-Six motorcycle club, now you see um now their dead. This makes it very hard to keep track. If it wasn’t confusing enough just add in; the recurring call to meet “the Pres.” Who is actually called Pistolero played by Larry Bishop. It’s a bit like where’s Waldo only in leather.
I can only think that “Johnny Zero” played by Dennis Hopper and David Carradine who played ah; oh hell I can’t even remember. These two renowned actors are either broke or have absolutely nothing better to do to have said yes to this mess of a script.
The movie centers around a Victor’s member named “Bix” who is later renamed “Comanche” who is the son of a dead murdered Indian woman who knew too much and was played by Eric Balfour. Ya think? Of course it would be so wrong of me to give away the real twist; if you can call it that. Being the giver that I am I‘ll leave that for you.
Meanwhile sit back and enjoy or not, the silly plays on words and the meant to be humorous banter; such as the Gents rant about dust. Seriously someone got paid to write that shit!
Now for the films few redeeming qualities, the bikes were great and authentic and that’s a plus. There is a lot of shooting also done well, lots of half naked chicks splashing about or sucking face all while bare breasted not bad either. My favorite was the Six-Six-Sixers use of arrows shot from an air guns, cleaver, unique and deadly.
This flick does have its fun factor except that it represents bikers as murdering, disloyal, womanizing, drugging, hard drinking and unemployed outlaws. Fortunately the action allows you to sit threw it to the end but I’m betting that like myself, when it’s over you’ll ask anyone in the room, “What the hell was that?”
This gets three shots out of six only because I liked the bikes.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Cool Running
This 1990 feel good biker flick staring Andrew Divoff as Bones, Bubba Baker as Bear and James Gammon as Ironbutt. This is the first biker film that did not portray bikers as low life morons or crazed psycho killers and rapists. This film with the help of good writing and acting of like quality; was a really good time with a few hearty laughs added in.
It is the story of the town rich guy trying to pull a fast one on the inconvenient biker who surely isn’t smart enough to get it. Surprise, surprise. This is fun, fun, fun. The movie is complete with a quick look at the Sturgis Run, lots of fist fights a weenie bite and the whole nine yards. Throw in the biker gets the girl, saves the day and your ready to roll.
I love that it shows bikers in a light not usually seen, brotherhood, honor, pride, gentle in love and caring of a good cause. It showed the side of the biker lifestyle that not everyone knows exists. As in any other sector of life there are truly hero’s that ride among us and yes some may even wear a patch. It is a must see flick.
I give this movie five shots out of six.
It is the story of the town rich guy trying to pull a fast one on the inconvenient biker who surely isn’t smart enough to get it. Surprise, surprise. This is fun, fun, fun. The movie is complete with a quick look at the Sturgis Run, lots of fist fights a weenie bite and the whole nine yards. Throw in the biker gets the girl, saves the day and your ready to roll.
I love that it shows bikers in a light not usually seen, brotherhood, honor, pride, gentle in love and caring of a good cause. It showed the side of the biker lifestyle that not everyone knows exists. As in any other sector of life there are truly hero’s that ride among us and yes some may even wear a patch. It is a must see flick.
I give this movie five shots out of six.
Stone Cold
This is what I like to describe as a cop infiltration flick. Brian Bosworth the x-Raider plays the lead and doesn’t do a bad job playing a cop. The movie starts out with a sense of actual outlaw life then goes off the rails crashing and burning along with bikers in helicopters and other such madness.
The movies initial party scene looked like many others I have been too. I loved the look of the patch designed by the writers. It was better than many actual clubs I’ve seen. It was a circle surrounded by chain, inside were orange and red flames, with a cross and two lightening bolts, very cool looking.
I had to admit that Bosworth looks like a giant on the Dyna glide they have him riding. There are some very good stunt riding scenes, they’ll make your hair stand on end. I really enjoyed the big chase scene between Bosworth and the clubs number two played by William Forsythe Jr.! The story was just too far fetched to keep me overly interested.
I found this to be fiction bordering on sci-fi. Of course the President of The Brotherhood, played very well by Lance Henriksen; who becomes completely deranged going straight off the deep end. Naturally the president ignores his number two’s suspicions, about the infiltrating cop, taking the cops side. Everyone one knows outlaw clubs welcome in strangers with open arms. I’m not saying it has never happened but this is just a bit over the top.
Bosworth saves the day all the bad bikers die their helicopter crashes and burns along with all their hate and anger towards the establishment. Good versus evil, bikers represented as crazed madmen. You know the usual yada yada yada!
I give this two shots out of six!
The movies initial party scene looked like many others I have been too. I loved the look of the patch designed by the writers. It was better than many actual clubs I’ve seen. It was a circle surrounded by chain, inside were orange and red flames, with a cross and two lightening bolts, very cool looking.
I had to admit that Bosworth looks like a giant on the Dyna glide they have him riding. There are some very good stunt riding scenes, they’ll make your hair stand on end. I really enjoyed the big chase scene between Bosworth and the clubs number two played by William Forsythe Jr.! The story was just too far fetched to keep me overly interested.
I found this to be fiction bordering on sci-fi. Of course the President of The Brotherhood, played very well by Lance Henriksen; who becomes completely deranged going straight off the deep end. Naturally the president ignores his number two’s suspicions, about the infiltrating cop, taking the cops side. Everyone one knows outlaw clubs welcome in strangers with open arms. I’m not saying it has never happened but this is just a bit over the top.
Bosworth saves the day all the bad bikers die their helicopter crashes and burns along with all their hate and anger towards the establishment. Good versus evil, bikers represented as crazed madmen. You know the usual yada yada yada!
I give this two shots out of six!
Hell's Angels on Wheels (1967)
Unlike many biker movies this one does not portray them as psycho’s but does portray them as hard drinking, disrespectful, wanderlust, beer wearing, fist fighting, sexist, orgy participants that murder seamen. Seems to fit.
The big name in this one is Jack Nicholson although then I would guess he was a virtual unknown. The lead and leader of the Hell’s Angels was played by the over acting Adam Roarke. Sunny Barger the then President of the Hells Angeles, appears in the film along with members from Oakland, Frisco, Daly City, Richmond and the Sacramento Nomads. This added some authenticity to the film which ended once they were no longer on screen. The opening scene with actual Hells Angels riding is the very best part of this flick.
The entertainment factor is less than fair but check out the old bike styles large fishtail pipes, king/queen seats and no front brakes! Keep your eye peeled for the wild and crazy Sportster riding Hells Angel, this kid could ride. The fashion styles of the day and the old expressions were entertaining in their own right but that does not make for a good movie.
The plot is thin and never really surfacing. In my best estimation Nicholson quits his job as a gas jockey and tags along with a group of red and white after one of them breaks his headlight and a fist fight ensues. He tags along becoming a prospect for this fist fighting, beer drinking and orgy throwing club. He falls for the leader’s girl who will sleep with anyone and becomes disenchanted. Wow, big surprise there.
The music blows along with everything else including the acting. My one and only favorite scene from the entire movie, is the bar fight with the rival club. Not bad as far as bar fights go. Been there done that but I wished we could have gotten a look at the patch worn by the rival club.
Several actors got to wear actual Hell’s Angel colors for this movie. I’m not certain but I don’t believe that it was ever allowed again. If you have absolutely nothing better to do and you can’t move then give this a look. Otherwise I say this one should rest in peace in the movie archive forever.
I give this one shot out of six!
The big name in this one is Jack Nicholson although then I would guess he was a virtual unknown. The lead and leader of the Hell’s Angels was played by the over acting Adam Roarke. Sunny Barger the then President of the Hells Angeles, appears in the film along with members from Oakland, Frisco, Daly City, Richmond and the Sacramento Nomads. This added some authenticity to the film which ended once they were no longer on screen. The opening scene with actual Hells Angels riding is the very best part of this flick.
The entertainment factor is less than fair but check out the old bike styles large fishtail pipes, king/queen seats and no front brakes! Keep your eye peeled for the wild and crazy Sportster riding Hells Angel, this kid could ride. The fashion styles of the day and the old expressions were entertaining in their own right but that does not make for a good movie.
The plot is thin and never really surfacing. In my best estimation Nicholson quits his job as a gas jockey and tags along with a group of red and white after one of them breaks his headlight and a fist fight ensues. He tags along becoming a prospect for this fist fighting, beer drinking and orgy throwing club. He falls for the leader’s girl who will sleep with anyone and becomes disenchanted. Wow, big surprise there.
The music blows along with everything else including the acting. My one and only favorite scene from the entire movie, is the bar fight with the rival club. Not bad as far as bar fights go. Been there done that but I wished we could have gotten a look at the patch worn by the rival club.
Several actors got to wear actual Hell’s Angel colors for this movie. I’m not certain but I don’t believe that it was ever allowed again. If you have absolutely nothing better to do and you can’t move then give this a look. Otherwise I say this one should rest in peace in the movie archive forever.
I give this one shot out of six!
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