The Hard Ride

Groovy. Far Out. I need to start dropping jazz on people's minds more, maaan.

The Hard Ride was great. The last "motorcycle movie night" film we watched was Chrome and Hot Leather. It set the bar for 'Nam biker flicks. Tonight we watched the Hard Ride, and it fucking raised that bar like a mofo'! It raised the bar and welded some rebar spikes on it.

Pizza, cider, and cookies. Twas a good night. The Hard Ride is from 1971. It actually has a plot and a pretty cool ending. We saw two nipples, which is about two more than we normally see in these biker flicks. But this from '71, so things were getting a little bit raunchier. The language was a touch harsher than normal. The cliches were flying. The acting was typically crap. And the music suuuuuucked. There's no excuse for the pussy soundtrack. The bikes were incredible. Choppers in almost every shot of the whole flick. The bikes were glorious. Whoever paired such a killer line up of bikes with such shitty music should be shot. Or at least tied to the back of a chopper and dragged through the desert.

Who cares about the plot. It involves 'Nam, some bikers, and some mamas. "The Man" was conspicuously absent, though. The only cop we see is actually quite cool. Very out of character.

The whole crew was stoked on this flick. If you're after a good period biker flick, you can't go wrong with the Hard Ride.

Keep the shiny side up...