The film opens as the title characters drive into town and immediately start annoying everyone. They pull into a gas station, where the owner tries to shoo them away. The attendant, played by Jack Nicholson, is having his own problems with a surly motorist, and finally tells the customer to stick it. Jack is promptly fired, which earns him the respect of the Angels' leader, played by Adam Roarke. The rest of the movie is essentially brawls, brawls, and brawls. In the teaching profession, we refer to this as the first day of school.
Jack, who coincidentally rides a motorcycle and wears a leather jacket, runs into the gang again, and one of them breaks his headlight. Jack brawls with the loser, until Roarke steps in. Jack rides off with the gang and they end up at a go-go club (if you weren't alive in the 60s, you can google the phrase). In short order, a rumble breaks out between the Angels and another gang. Naturally, the Angels win, and they take one of the go-go dancers with them. Meanwhile, Jack is taking a shine to one of the biker chicks, played by Sabrina Scharf. Sabrina is somewhat loose, and, to quote Dan Aykroyd's "Point-Counterpoint Character from SNL, "hops from bed to bed with the frequency of a cheap ham radio." Next, they head to a carnival, where some sailors beat up on Jack. Roarke and company find the sailors and lay them out; one of the swabs croaks. Later, at Roarke's pad, everybody goes trippin', and some stoner paints designs on the women in the gang. The fuzz arrive, and tell Roarke to watch his step.
Now it's off to Vegas, as two members of the Angels decide to get married. Just to clarify, it's not two guys - this, after all, is still the 60s. The highlight of the wedding is when the happy couple march through a row of motorcyclists, who sing "Here comes the bride, all dressed in white, yah dah dah dah dah ..." which was amusing, since I can never remember those lyrics either. So it's off to the honeymoon suite (a cheap hotel) where, surprise, another rumble ensues with another gang.
On the trip back to California, one of the bikers forces an old geezer off the road. The driver buys the farm. At a police roadblock, the go-go dancer rats on the biker, and he is carted off. Roarke et al manage to spring him (it's never clear how they do this), and head back to Angels headquarters. Sabrina tells Jack she has a bun in the oven (it's Roarke's). At this point, I noticed there were five minutes left in the movie, and started wondering if there was going to be a climax.
So here it is. Jack confronts Roarke. Scharf turns on Jack. Jack walks away. Roarke goes after Jack on his bike. There is an accident. The end.
Sonny Barger, the President of the Hells Angels, has a cameo. I can only wonder how you become President of the Hells Angels. Is there a primary? Do you have to provide your birth certificate?
I don't know what to make of this movie. The acting is okay, and Scharf is cute. Some parts were entertaining, but there are only so many rumbles I can watch. There are a few semi-psychedelic scenes, but I was too bombed to pay attention. Personally, I am still waiting for the release of "Senior Citizens on Walkers."
Jack, who coincidentally rides a motorcycle and wears a leather jacket, runs into the gang again, and one of them breaks his headlight. Jack brawls with the loser, until Roarke steps in. Jack rides off with the gang and they end up at a go-go club (if you weren't alive in the 60s, you can google the phrase). In short order, a rumble breaks out between the Angels and another gang. Naturally, the Angels win, and they take one of the go-go dancers with them. Meanwhile, Jack is taking a shine to one of the biker chicks, played by Sabrina Scharf. Sabrina is somewhat loose, and, to quote Dan Aykroyd's "Point-Counterpoint Character from SNL, "hops from bed to bed with the frequency of a cheap ham radio." Next, they head to a carnival, where some sailors beat up on Jack. Roarke and company find the sailors and lay them out; one of the swabs croaks. Later, at Roarke's pad, everybody goes trippin', and some stoner paints designs on the women in the gang. The fuzz arrive, and tell Roarke to watch his step.
Now it's off to Vegas, as two members of the Angels decide to get married. Just to clarify, it's not two guys - this, after all, is still the 60s. The highlight of the wedding is when the happy couple march through a row of motorcyclists, who sing "Here comes the bride, all dressed in white, yah dah dah dah dah ..." which was amusing, since I can never remember those lyrics either. So it's off to the honeymoon suite (a cheap hotel) where, surprise, another rumble ensues with another gang.
On the trip back to California, one of the bikers forces an old geezer off the road. The driver buys the farm. At a police roadblock, the go-go dancer rats on the biker, and he is carted off. Roarke et al manage to spring him (it's never clear how they do this), and head back to Angels headquarters. Sabrina tells Jack she has a bun in the oven (it's Roarke's). At this point, I noticed there were five minutes left in the movie, and started wondering if there was going to be a climax.
So here it is. Jack confronts Roarke. Scharf turns on Jack. Jack walks away. Roarke goes after Jack on his bike. There is an accident. The end.
Sonny Barger, the President of the Hells Angels, has a cameo. I can only wonder how you become President of the Hells Angels. Is there a primary? Do you have to provide your birth certificate?
I don't know what to make of this movie. The acting is okay, and Scharf is cute. Some parts were entertaining, but there are only so many rumbles I can watch. There are a few semi-psychedelic scenes, but I was too bombed to pay attention. Personally, I am still waiting for the release of "Senior Citizens on Walkers."