The Cycle Savages

We kicked off this season of "Shitty Motorcycle Movie Night" with a good one. Well, "good" is relative when describing 60's moto cinema. Generally the worse it is; the better it is. And this one ruled! Confused? Good.

Bruce Dern really held it down in this. A legitimate actor doing a legitimate job in a genre devoid of acting talent. So that made for a change. Anyway, Bruce is actually really good as the President of an outlaw M/C. Casey Kasem holds it down as his brother, who's a bonefide pimp in Vegas. This isn't the only motorcycle exploitation film that Kasem has appeared in, believe it or not. The dude wasn't always so squeaky clean...

The rest of the cast sucks. But what totally rules is the AWFUL plot. The whole thing revolves around a bad ass illustrator! There's an ex-marine who's drawing pictures of women in the park and whatnot, and even drawing pictures of the M/C. They get wind of this and they're pissed! What if the Man finds out!? They'll be thrown in jail over these drawings... Yup, that's the crux of their hatred for this artist. If the law sees these drawings that will incriminate the M/C and they'll all get locked up.

I'll give you a second to ponder that "logic".

So, what's any druggie/prostitute ring oriented M/C to do? They need to fuck up the illustrator's hands and make it look like an accident! But how? Well, they're gonna have an orgy, get wasted on acid, and then come up with a way to seek revenge on the illustrator. I won't spoil the surprise. I'm afraid I've already said too much.

It was a pretty memorable flick. Definitely recommended. For being a a biker flick and having some amazing bikes (no doubt), they don't show enough riding! It looks great, but they focused too much on the plot. And that's NOT what we watch biker flicks for. This was almost too legitimate. It was like a hybrid of typical moto genre shit with some half-baked idea that they could direct a "real" film. I think they should have had a lot more riding. That's my only gripe.

This still ruled.

Kasem, you pimp! Look at that shirt.