Hell Ride (2008)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Larry Bishop

Writer (WGA):

Larry Bishop (written by)

Release Date:

17 January 2009 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The rebellion against all there is

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Pistolero | Actor Director | Exploitation | Gasoline | Obscene Finger Gesture

Cast

Larry Bishop	...	Pistolero
Michael Madsen	...	The Gent
Eric Balfour	...	Comanche / Bix
Vinnie Jones	...	Billy Wings
Leonor Varela	...	Nada
Michael Beach	...	Goody Two-Shoes
Laura Cayouette	...	Dani
Julia Jones	...	Cherokee Kisum
Francesco Quinn	...	Machete
Cassandra Hepburn	...	Maria
David Grieco	...	Dr. Cement
Dean Delray	...	Apeshit
Michael Macecsko	...	Shyster (as Mike Macecsko)
Tracy Phillips	...	Yvonne
David Carradine	...	The Deuce

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sexual content including graphic nudity and dialogue, language and drug use.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (some sequences) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Finland:K-18 | Japan:R-15 | Australia:R | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

The idea for the film came from Quentin Tarantino after watching The Savage Seven (1968) with Larry Bishop. He told Bishop it was his destiny to make the best biker movie ever and that he (Tarantino) should produce it.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Pistolero's rubber knife bends when he wipes it on Billy Wings's vest.

Movie Connections:

References Devil's Angels (1967)

This movie is so cool!

Or that's what the filmmakers would like you to believe, anyway.

This movie tries sooo hard to be cool it's ridiculous. Everything, from the look of the film, the cinematography, the editing, the dialogue and the acting, is geared in super cool mode from the get go. Just to make sure that no one misses how cool this film is, there's a soundtrack of really cool rock n roll tunes and a twangy western-surf-tex mex guitar playing constantly throughout the film. As a final reminder of how frickin cool this movie is, all the actors have been instructed to speak in a hoarse voice, because, as we all know, that's badass.

The plot (if there indeed is one) seems pretty straightforward. But as someone else already pointed out, the director and star of the film, seems fiercely determined not to tell that story, instead focusing on a plethora of naked babes and dialogue that's supposed to be badass, but grows tired surprisingly quick (did they have an contest to see how many times they could cram the words "pussy" and "f*ck" and its derivatives in an 80 minute film?).

This movie was absolutely horrible.