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:

Dennis Hopper used his own bike in the movie.

Goofs:

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

Movie Connections:

References Devil's Angels (1967)

It's not awful, but it is a pretty rough ride.

To say this movie is bad would be to simplify matters to the extreme and with the exception of Hell Ride's plot, nothing in this life is that simple.

So what's wrong with it exactly... Larry Bishop. The guy must have balls the size of two small dogs to think he could pull this off. Bikes, beer and booty makes for one great cocktail but bikes, beer, booty and bishop... not so good.

The story is interesting, the theme is great, the cast, characters and acting are over the top but welcome, hell, even the directing is good but Larry, why did you have to put yourself in it as the lead? Casting yourself as the lead is a step too far. This isn't going to get you any leading actor roles but will most certainly deem you to a life of character bit parts and walk ons. Larry successfully delivers some of the most ham-fisted dialogue in the most atrocious of displays of acting ever witnessed on celluloid. I can't even bring myself to disgust the batman-esq vocal shenanigans but it's poor.

I am beginning to meander almost as badly as this movie. So in a nutshell: Great cast, great concept, compelling direction, terrible, terrible lead acting.