Hell Ride

Great Poster, Great Cast, Crappy Movie

Quentin Tarantino attempts (intentionally or not) to resurrect the dormant acting career of one of his favorite actors from the 1970's: Larry Bishop. Larry he has acted in many movies and guest starred on numerous TV shows, but he is best known for his fine performances as badass bikers from movies like "The Savage Seven," "Angel Unchained," and "Chrome and Hot Leather." Tarantino himself gave Larry a fantastic and hilarious cameo as the manager of a strip joint in "Kill Bill, Vol. 2" where he tells Michael Madsen's character that he is not working for him again anytime soon. Now Tarantino has given Larry a chance to bring back the biker movies that he loved watching in his youth. The result was "Hell Ride" which was written, co-produced, and directed by Mr. Bishop himself. Larry also plays the lead role of Pistolero, the leader of the Victors biker gang.

In short, here is what I can say about "Hell Ride:" Great look, awesome cast, crappy screenplay shitty movie. "Hell Ride" is a mess of a movie that wastes some very talented actors in a story that makes almost no sense at all. The movie only runs about 83 minutes, but it sure felt like a LONG 83 minutes all the same. The movie involves, as far as I could lift out of the mess of a story, Pistolero and his gang going after a rival biker gang known as 666 to revenge the death of one of their own. I can't really explain it anymore than that because all the little details got lost on me. This is a loud movie to be sure, but I almost passed out while watching it.