Hell Ride (2008)

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 | Sole Black Character Dies Cliche | Written By Star | Throat Slitting | Cult Favorite

Cast

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
Steve McCammon	...	Bob the Bum (as Steve Mccammon)
Michael Beach	...	Goody Two Shoes
Michael Madsen	...	The Gent
Eric Balfour	...	Comanche / Bix
Lee Alfred	...	Joint
David Grieco	...	Dr. Cement
Kanin Howell	...	Opium

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 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Argentina:18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Originally titled 'Pistolero'. Other titles considered were 'The Savage Riders Return', 'The Wild Riders', 'The Three Victors', and 'Route 666 to Hell'.

Goofs:

Continuity: Assuming the person that was with The Deuce at the Cherokee Kisum killing on July 4th, 1975 was Billy Wings, due to the accent ("Deuce, She's Gott'a Burn"). Billy Wings would have been at least 50 years old in 2008 (like Michael Madsen). Billy Wings character would have looked and acted much older than Vinnie Jones, who was born in 1965.

Quotes:

Eddie Zero: Now give me a hand with this. Cause I got things to go and places to do.

Movie Connections:

References Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Soundtrack:

The Unknown Rider

This film is not for everyone..

I've voted a 9/10 in order to give this films score a fair chance against all the people out there who didn't appreciate/understand where the film makers were going with it and therefore criticised it heavily. I mean, those people are entitled to their opinion of course but this film is more of a homage to the films of yesteryear much like the recent planet terror/death-proof and any attempt to criticise it so harshly is just missing the point i feel. They can get away with the cheesy lines, they can get away the tits and the violence. OK so Vinnie Jones accent is just plain bad and some of the dialogue is pretty silly but to me thats all part of the fun of watching a film like this. Larry Bishop was amazing as Pistolero and also did a great job as director, capturing the feel and atmosphere of the old western/biker movies perfectly. Yes this film is not gonna be everyones cup of tea and yes it has its problems but films are art and art is subjective. This film made me feel tense at times and then happy and a few other emotions in between, more so than some other recent Hollywood productions with 5 times the budget. I would happily recommend it to anyone who likes westerns, grind-house, B movies or Tarantino. To all those people out there who love to dissect and pull things apart and moan and bitch about how things weren't believable (really?) or about how it failed as a film and didn't do this or that, i will say just this. Go and make your own film and try to make something better, go on i dare you..