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Veteran AIP genre star Larry Bishop (son of famed Rat Packer Joey Bishop) directs and stars in this gritty revenge tale concerning a biker gang that rallies to avenge the violent murder of a fellow ga... read more read more...ng member. An homage to such classic biker films as Chrome and Hot Leather and Angel Unchained, Hell Ride was conceived when director Bishop was invited to Quentin Tarantino's home to view a print of The Savage Seven. Upon realizing that there hadn't been a true biker film in years, the pair quickly contacted Bob Weinstein and conspired to produce a lean and mean two-wheeled revenge flick that would more than make up for lost time. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Larry Bishop

Release Date: August 8, 2008

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    October 22, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    I originally saw Hell Ride when it first was released, and despite a good enough cast (aside from Eric Balfour, who is the worst actor here) the talent is waste on-screen. The film has nothing going for it; the plot is paper thin, a total mess and is poorly constructed. Hell Ride... read more tries too hard to be Easy Rider, but fails. The film fails all together. Fails as competent piece of cinema and as an action/biker film. Director Larry Bishop provides us with little substance. Hell Ride had potential, but Larry Bishop doesn't know to effectively build a clever story for this film. The film is sloppy, unimpressive and it doesn't have any redeeming qualities. Hell Ride could have been a great film. I mean the cast here is pretty impressive you have such acting legends as Dennis Hopper and David Carradine. Unfortunately their talent is wasted on such a poor film. Hell Ride is a poorly crafted film that fails to really entertain. The story is sloppy and the cast are wasted. Above all, director Larry Bishop doesn't know where to take the story, thus it fails at being an effective, thrilling and entertaining film. This film could have been something very good, instead because of the scripts limitations, the film ends up being very bad, and the cast is wasted. There's really nothing interesting in Hell Ride, and it is actually one of the worst films that I have seen. The film tries too hard at being a clone of Easy Rider, and it fails. I hated this film.
  • YLOWBSTARDreturns
    September 26, 2011
    YLOWBSTARDreturns
    I didn't think "Hell Ride" was all that terrible, but it completely failed to capture the spirit of Grindhouse cinema and in the end wasn't all that fun (despite trying real hard to be). Larry Bishop's direction is kind of flat and inept, but it's his performance as one of the mo... read morest uninspired, bargain-basement bad-asses ever that really underwhelms. At about 80 minutes, the film is harmless entertainment, Albeit the most forgettable kind. On a more positive note, it's always nice seeing Michael Madsen and Vinnie Jones.
  • bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    June 26, 2010
    bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    this move sucked so bad. it was painfull to sit through. quentin tarantino produced this, what the hell was he thinking. F
  • kiriyamakazou
    September 2, 2009
    kiriyamakazou
    A bit of a shambles in every respect. It was hard to figure out what the hell was going on, with the incoherent story, choppy narrative and poor acting. The acting is really bad, mostly from Bishop. He tries to become more and more intense, but just comes off as lecherous, seedy ... read moreand in desperate need of a huge shit. As the film plods along it simply wreaks of Kill Bill camaraderie. Carradine shows up, Madsen and Bishop are there, Tarantino produces. This is a film they've made for themselves, from a lost genre,but haven't bothered to improve on the failings.
  • deano
    March 22, 2009
    deano
    This Larry Bishop film of motorcycle gangsters is so badass and kind of ridculous. Everything, from the look of the film, the cinematography, the editing, the dialogue and the acting, is geared in super cool mode from the get go. It took only 80 minutes that made it feel like go... read moreing quick. But I liked the scenes of beautiful and naked babes - whooooo!!
  • DrBenway
    November 17, 2008
    DrBenway
    If you think back to the original concept for Grindhouse, Rodriguez and Tarantino were going to make their films based on the premise, "What if the drive-in/grindhouse movies had been as good as the posters made them seem?" Rodriguez lived up to the premise. He made a movie with ... read moreall the CGI frills, all the gore, and all the action that were never actually in those films back in the day. Essentially, he made a Robert Rodriguez movie from a 1969 movie poster. Tarantino, however, did not make a modern Tarantino movie. He basically just made a perfect clone of the period films. Just about everything that was wrong with drive-in films was also wrong with QT's clone.

    Which brings us to Hell Ride, another type of drive-in film: the biker flick. Writer/director Larry Bishop got Tarantino's "mark of approval" for this one and gave QT a producer credit ... and went about making the same mistake Tarantino made with Death Proof. He recreated a late 60s biker flick, bugs and all. Was there anything you disliked about biker flicks? Bad acting? Hell Ride has it. Incoherent plot line? Check. Long stretches of nothingness while bikers ride the open road while a rock song plays? Check. Ludicrous dialogue? Check. Gratuitous macho posturing? Check. Complete absence of character development? Check.
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  • thefog1331
    November 13, 2008
    thefog1331
    Clunky "homage" to biker movies and Tarantino-style filmmaking.

    It fails on both levels.
  • LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    October 29, 2008
    LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    "The rebellion against all there is"

    Veteran AIP genre star Larry Bishop (son of famed Rat Packer Joey Bishop) directs and stars in this gritty revenge tale concerning a biker gang that rallies to avenge the violent murder of a fellow gang member. An homage to such clas... read moresic biker films as Chrome and Hot Leather and Angel Unchained, Hell Ride was conceived when director Bishop was invited to Quentin Tarantino's home to view a print of The Savage Seven. Upon realizing that there hadn't been a true biker film in years, the pair quickly contacted Bob Weinstein and conspired to produce a lean and mean two-wheeled revenge flick that would more than make up for lost time.

    Review
    Hell Ride is all Larry Bishop's fault, I will say that right now. He thought he was making a cool, kick ass bike-sploitation movie but in reality, it was all a horrible snooze-fest and just disappointing in its entirety. The script is weak, it tries to be engaging but you just couldn't care when the leads stutter every word they say. The acting is horrible too, blame it all on Larry Bishop who cast a British actor to play a Western biker and a totally miscast Dennis Hopper post-Easy Rider days. Bishop acts but doesn't deliver, he swears a lot but is out of context. At some point during the film, he will just swear out loud without reason whatsoever, at least that's what it was to me.

    Its a shame really because Quentin Tarantino executive produced it, and usually if you have Tarantino's name attached to your film it will lay golden eggs but unfortunately, this one laid green, rotten eggs. There is nudity but strangely enough, all the naked women in the film has the hots for Larry Bishop's character Pistolero. Yeah right, if I'm gonna direct and star in a film might as well get all the hot ladies and screw all the others. A couple of pros before I end this review, first the soundtrack. As much as how bad this movie turned out to be, at the very least the movie's soundtrack was spared. And second, Vinnie Jones. It's odd enough that a British actor is playing an all-American biker but at least he did his best with the given material. He brought his British bad-assery to Western soil and the guy is still impressive as ever.

    In conclusion, Hell Ride in its entirety is horrible: lame script, bad acting from leads and amateur directing from Bishop but the music is jivin' and Vinnie Jones is rockin'. Not recommended.
  • phubbs1
    August 31, 2008
    phubbs1
    You can tell Tarantino had a say in this film.....plot is chopped up and it doesn't really make sense till near the end, even then its kinda loose. Guys getting gunned down by other guys and your not sure who is on who's side :(

    Although I like girlie's hehe this film just seems... read more to be an excuse for lots of topless girls groping themselves, kissing each other and screwing bikers lol in between there's a feud between two bikers gangs thats all mixed up and of no interest really.

    The cast is the usual Tarantino crew of Muppet's doing their usual spiel, Marsden being Marsden like he is in every film he's ever made. In this he wears a tucks like he's just stepped out of a wedding.....but it has the bikers gang badge n name on the back which is really hilarious cos he looks like a gas station attendant hahaha
    As for Vinnie Jones hmmmm should of stuck to football coaching I reckon lol
    he wore out his cockney tough guy persona afew films ago now, its been done, its over Vinnie.

    A case of the poster and idea being waaaaay better than the actual film I'm afraid, and Tarantino is just out of it now, he's just a name that everyone associates with good films but that was along time ago.
  • wbgoose13
    August 7, 2008
    wbgoose13
    A tiresome retread of Quentin Tarantino and Rob Zombie's faux-grindhouse jones.

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Critic Reviews

Linda Stasi
October 18, 2008
Linda Stasi, New York Post

The dialog is clever, nutty and syncopated, with a soundtrack -- of the "C.C. Rider" vein -- which ain't half-bad, either. Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
August 11, 2008
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

It's a claustrophobic dud, full of ludicrously purple tough-guy dialogue and lip-smacking vamps in bikinis (how hot!), with so much monotonous hip violence there's scarcely room for anything else. Full Review

Richard Roeper
August 11, 2008
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

Maybe only once every six months am I in the mood for jokey sadism, but this struck me as the right picture for the right time.

Rachel Saltz
August 8, 2008
Rachel Saltz, New York Times

[Director Larry Bishop] burdens his film with clumsy art-house ambitions that clash with its embrace of bikes, beer and booty. If any of this sounds amusing, be warned: it's not.

Ruthe Stein
August 8, 2008
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

The script, written by Bishop, barely makes sense. It lacks anything resembling wit, unless you think it amusing that these aging cyclists brag about needing their three B's -- bikes, beer and booty. Full Review

Roger Moore
August 8, 2008
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Does it count against you when you actually set out to make an awful movie? It should. Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
August 8, 2008
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

Where the biker films of the late '60s and early '70s offered edgy, amusingly cheesy thrills, this sputtering effort is as rusty as an unrestored Triumph Bonneville. Full Review

Colin Covert
August 8, 2008
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

As the film's triple-threat writer/director/star, Bishop isn't noticeably talented. Full Review

Mark Olsen
August 8, 2008
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

The film gets the scummy patina right, all phony-Leone dusty trails, but while everybody on screen looks to be enjoying themselves, it is no fun to watch. Full Review

Tom Long
August 8, 2008
Tom Long, Detroit News

The result is, predictably and enjoyably, old-fashioned macho mayhem with a post-modern twist. This movie knows it's ridiculous. Heck, it's proud to be ridiculous. Full Review

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