Hell Ride (2008)

The story deals with the characters Pistolero, the Gent and Comanche and the deadly, unfinished business among them.

Director:

Larry Bishop

Writer:

Larry Bishop

Stars:

Larry Bishop, Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julia Jones	...	Cherokee Kisum
Larry Bishop	...	Pistolero
Leonor Varela	...	Nada
Austin Galuppo	...	Sonny
Pete Randall	...	St. Louie
Vinnie Jones	...	Billy Wings
David Carradine	...	The Deuce
Dean Delray	...	Ape-Shit
Michael Beach	...	Goody Two Shoes
Steve McCammon	...	Bob the Bum (as Steve Mccammon)
Michael Madsen	...	The Gent
Eric Balfour	...	Comanche / Bix
Lee Alfred	...	Joint
David Grieco	...	Dr. Cement
Kanin Howell	...	Opium

Storyline

The story deals with the characters Pistolero, the Gent and Comanche and the deadly, unfinished business among them.

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Plot Keywords:

pistolero | reference to marcel proust | death of girlfriend | camera focus on female butt | woman's throat slit | 

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Taglines:

BIKES, BABES AND BLOOD!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 January 2009 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Hell Ride - Motos do Inferno

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$100,164 (USA) (8 August 2008)

Gross:

$194,287 (USA) (15 August 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White (some sequences) Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Producer Quentin Tarantino was originally slated to play Comanche.

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Goofs

1% MC biker gangs of the 1950s, 60s and 70s were not integrated and were segregated to white males only. Goody Two Shoes (Michael Beach), would not have been a black man. Most 1% MC biker gangs follow these same rules to this day.

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Quotes

Pistolero: What the hell made you think you could count on me?

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Connections

References The Hard Ride (1971)

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Soundtracks

The Unconscious Power
Written by Doug Ingle, Danny Weis, Ron Bushy
Performed by Iron Butterfly
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Company
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Hilarious!

This film is so bad it's hilarious. I watched Hell Ride half thinking it was a comedy, although I couldn't quite work out if they were actually taking the p*ss, or if this really was a serious attempt at making something decent. I notice it isn't listed here as a comedy so they must be serious! It's basically seems to be about a gang of pensioners who ride round on motorcycles shooting at each other and exchanging the most hilariously bad dialogue you can imagine. One scene inexplicably has two characters smashing bottles over each others heads, then showing each other 'get out of jail free' cards that they've made! Also check out Vinnie Jones' accent, where the hell is he meant to be from?!? Oh and there's a load of naked girls in it too, who for some unfathomable reason seem to want nothing more than to have none stop sex with these leathery skinned b*stards! The guy who wrote and directed it - a Pee Wee Herman lookalike with a Greeshan 2000'd beard and an orange sunbed tan - has for some reason cast himself in the lead role, maybe this is part of the joke, I don't know. Actually, the more I think about it the more I'm sure this film is a p*ss take. It's produced by Quentin Tarantino and it's possible he's released this in humour as a bit of a laugh. It is a total rip off of Tarantino's style, but just done really really badly. It is very amusing though, and I guess either way it could go down as a cult classic, either from being an amusing parody of the Tarantino/Rodriguez style, or something that is very very unintentionally funny. Has to be seen to be believed.