Monday, February 22, 2010

The Wild Angels (1966)

Their credo is violence...Their God is hate...and they call themselves 'The Wild Angels'
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Roger Corman takes a very budgeted look at a small time biker gang. This southern California gang loves rumbles, motorcycle jousts, fighting Mexicans, booze, sex, and more sex.

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It starts off with Blues(Fonda) going to see his friend the Loser about his stolen bike. The Angels are rounded up, and hit the road to Mecca( a small desert town). There the bike recovery doesn't go as planned and the Loser takes off on a police cruiser. He ends up getting shot and going to the hospital (before prison). The Angels decide to break him out.

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While in the hospital, another Angel rapes a nurse. Still the Loser ends up dying. The Angels throw him a funeral to remember: Nazi Flags, Rape, Booze, Drugs, and the best yet, Dancing!


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A lot of people look at this as the big brother to Easy Rider. The Wild Angels also features a bitchin soundtrack like Davie Allan and the Arrows. Nancy Sinatra is a knock out in this movie as well. Check it out! Where else can you hear a bunch of bikes roarin down the road and some awesome fuzzy instrumentals in the background? Plus dont forget all the hot mamas!


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2 comments:

  1. Yeah, this is a great bit of sixties drive-in trash. And don't forget the film's powerful message, as stated by Peter Fonda: "We wanna be free to ride our machines without being hassled by The Man! ... And we wanna get loaded."

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  2. This movie is the PERFECT marriage between soundtrack and picture.

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