Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Originally posted at http://passionforcinema.com/one-hell-of-a-wild-ride/


One Hell Of A Wild Ride!!


Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

That’s exactly what defined my reaction after having watched this
crazy ass flick. I mean, A movie about Bikes, Bullets and Booty.
Quentin Tarantino as the executive producer, Larry Bishop who i
remember cult classic Wild In The Streets leading the star cast here
ably supported by Michael Madsen, Vinnie Jones, David Carradine and
Dennis Hopper. Add all of this up and you have a sure-fire cracker of
a movie.

Larry Bishop is Pistolero(Trivia: Pistolero was originally intended to
be the title of what came to be known as Desperado),a truly bad-ass
biker who is the leader of an old school Biker Gang called The
Victors. His best friends are The Gent (Michael Madsen) and Eddie
Zero(Dennis Hopper). He along with these 2 and a new entrant to the
gang Commanche (Eric Balfour) who is a hot-headed youngster hit the
road to avenge the death of Pistolero’s love Cherokee by Deuce(David
Carradine) and Billy Wings (Vinnie Jones) who are members of a satanic
Biker gang called the 666ers. When the 666ers declare war upon The
Victors for domination, Pistolero and his band of Bad-asses are up for
a serious fight.

Larry Bishop is simply too cool as the wisecracking Pistolero. Michael
Madsen does a great job as The Gent. Dennis Hopper’s presence takes
you back to the days of Easy Rider. Eric Balfour often cracks you up
as Commanche. Vinnie Jones is menacing as the psychotic Billy Wings.
David Carradine is pretty good as The Deuce,but his screen presence is
sadly limited to a few minutes.

Overall, The movie is an 80 minute thrill ride which is well worth the
money paid for it. Its intention was to pay homage to the biker movies
of the 60s and it’s worked. What makes the movie even more fun to
watch is that just like the Ocean’s series, the actors are all having
fun on screen. It premiered at Sundance in January and had a limited
release across the USA on 8th August.While the movie has had quite a
few bad reviews, If you are into the 3 B’s- Bikes, Bullets and Booty,
you are gonna love it.

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