Hell Ride… New Biker Exploitation Movie

I haven’t seen a new biker movie in years. So, I guess I’ll be renting the DVD when “Hell Ride” hits the stores. A crummy biker movie certainly isn’t worth a trip to the movie theater, but it might be worth a 2 or 3 buck rental.

Quentin Tarantino has attached his name to this movie, although he seems to have had no actual role in producing it. Dennis Hopper plays a role in “Hell Ride,” thus connecting the movie back to the hippie/biker classic “Easy Rider.”

Characters in the movie sport names like “Pistolero,” “Machete,” and “The Swede.” Perfect. Check out a trailer from the movie here. Gratuitous violence and sex guaranteed!

The poster has all the themes you’d hope to find in a biker movie. Note the motto across the top: “The Rebellion Against All There Is.” The color scheme of the poster invokes flames and heat. Boobs and butt cheeks figure prominently. Biker exploitation movies fall just short of belonging to the porn genre.

Were biker gangs the creation of Hollywood movies? You could certainly make a case for it. The press loves biker gang stories, and manufactures them if real ones can’t be found.

The plot seems pretty thin. From Wikipedia:

“Larry Bishop stars as bad-ass biker Pistolero… who along with The Gent and Comanche… hit the road to avenge the death of Pistolero’s old lady Cherokee Kisum... by the 666ers, a rival motorcycle gang.”

You need just enough plot in a biker movie to get from one action scene to another. After that, it’s roaring bikes, middle fingers, boobs and butts, gang fights and blood spattering. Back when I was a kid, I watched these movies while seriously impaired. I’m sober just about all the time these days.

I’ll let you know what I think of this flick once I rent the DVD.

Comments

[Bronnie Vaughn]

Interesting post. I haven't seen a biker movie in years myself. The names Quention Tarantino and Dennis Hopper assure a campy movie if nothing else. It could be a sleeper or a sleep through... I do like the old time B Movie poster. Makes me want to go out and rent it.

[Shouting Thomas]

Don't know if it's out yet in the video stores, Bronnie,

Maybe I'll go check today.

[mike]

Not to ruinit for anyone but this movie is just plain horrible. I am a huge fan of all the old 60's and 70's (b movie) biker films and this one just is just "b" for "bad." The storyline jumps around so much that you can't ever really tell what is going on or what any of the characters are talking about. The dialogue in genral is just completely pointless. THey basically just say a bunch of stuff that makes them sound like hard asses but doesn't make any sense. The action scenes are super lame too. THe movie was so low budget they don't even show any of the bikes getting harmed or blowing up,...they just do that quick (cut to pan out shot of an explosion) kinda thing.

Bottomline: I could go on forever but, don't waste your money buying this peice of crap at Best buy like I did. If anything Rent it (if you can even find it) and base your own opinion but,...don't expect much.