I’ve been meaning to write this review for almost 2 weeks now.
Quite honestly, I was left perplexed after I watched the movie. I really didn’t know what to make of it. Is it bad? For the most part: yes. Is it a “good” kind of bad? Sometimes.
Let’s face it, most of the acting is not really good, the dialog is utterly ridiculous and the notion that chicks are falling over themselves to bang Larry Bishop’s Pistolero is laughable. He clearly needed an ego boost when he cast himself as the lead character. I almost wonder if this movie would have been better had someone else written and directed it. It had ALL the potential in the world to be a great campy flick, but it definitely falls short.
From the opening menu of the dvd you can already tell that this movie is comic book-ie,cartoon-ized and over the top. But isn’t that part of the fun? I don’t think anyone went into this movie thinking it was a straight-up representation of biker gangs. It’s meant to be cheeky (both figuratively and literally!).
In the first seven minutes we see someone who has been shot in the gut with an arrow, two people get their throats cut and are burned while tied to chairs, a bunch of dudes shot in retaliation and a trailer explode. There’s a lotta boobs, gun play and violence. And Vinny Jones’ Billy Wings is a bad, bad dude.
I didn’t love it and I didn’t hate it, but I could see where other people would fall to either side of the fence. It really seems to be one of those movies that you have to watch to formulate your own opinion. All in all, it certainly was one hell of a ride!