I can remember seeing this advertised as playing at some old, arthouse type cinema in Brisbane when I was maybe eleven or twelve, I never got to see it then . . . . finally borrowed it from a video store [when hiring vids was a brand new deal, Beta and VHS !!] in nineteen eighty one when I was at Uni and contemplating dropping out, being 'hip' by drinking Heineken and smoking Luckies . . . .
The story sucked arse, the acting was abysmal, nonetheless, even then I was struck by the way better than average footage of the bikes and the riders, dudes pulling monos, a proper sense of speed, real tough lookin scoots and just some quality action all round . . . . most other B Grade biker flicks were a let down on the action bike side of things, and, be honest, who ever watched these fucking movies for the intellectual stimulus or for any other reason than the bikes ????
It's now forty years down the blacktop and having scoped this out several times in a row since jagging it after a lengthy search and deploy mission, I'm totally stoked and very chuffed with it !!!!
Curious thought came into my head . . . . who the fuck would ever own a Lincoln ???? Certainly not the Kennedy klan, nor me, everytime you read about them they're gettin written off and folks are coming over all kinda dead . . . . deadset the unluckiest car in American history !!!!
The story sucked arse, the acting was abysmal, nonetheless, even then I was struck by the way better than average footage of the bikes and the riders, dudes pulling monos, a proper sense of speed, real tough lookin scoots and just some quality action all round . . . . most other B Grade biker flicks were a let down on the action bike side of things, and, be honest, who ever watched these fucking movies for the intellectual stimulus or for any other reason than the bikes ????
It's now forty years down the blacktop and having scoped this out several times in a row since jagging it after a lengthy search and deploy mission, I'm totally stoked and very chuffed with it !!!!
Curious thought came into my head . . . . who the fuck would ever own a Lincoln ???? Certainly not the Kennedy klan, nor me, everytime you read about them they're gettin written off and folks are coming over all kinda dead . . . . deadset the unluckiest car in American history !!!!
William Smith is a Bad Mother Fucker! I'm SURE he tore that shit up and threw her to the side..probably made her jump the shark and become Charlie's hooker. She probably creamed just watching him do his own stunts.
ReplyDeleteRun Angel Run is another classic you HAVE to see (AND, there's OBVIOUSLY a tie-in). Is she related to Diane Ladd, the duchess of sleazy biker films (and Bruce Dern's 'ol lady fer real)?
Thanks for the tip on 'Run Angel Run', will get my shit together and take a look . . . I have a sneaking suspicion young Chez is Diane's little baby girl . . . Bruce Dern's a cool dude, not quite Harry Dean Stanton but cool nonetheless.
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