Cycle Savages (1969)

As lame as it gets

I'm not sure why they call this movie Cycle Savages. There's very little in the way of cycles and not much for "savagery" either. Bruce Dern does his best to elevate it but it's almost as lame as Rebel Rousers and nowhere near as good as he was in The Wild Angels. Melody Patterson's (F Troop) semi-nude scenes are mild, the alleged gang-rape is bland; these guys seem a lot more like juvenile delinquents that outlaw motorcycle gang members. They're about as "savage" as Eric Von Zipper's Ratz and Mice M/C in the beach movies. And the plot...they're worried about sketches someone made of a minor scene at a fast food place? Come on, like that would really hold up in court even then. There's some really good biker movies from the 60's, but this isn't one of them. Not even any good motorcycles to redeem this. May 12, 2005

hilariously good.

Trying to cash in on the biker film craze started by films such as Hell's Angels on Wheels and Wild in the Streets in the late 60's, Cycle Savages takes the genre to new highs and lows. A vicious gang of motorcycle bad boys track down and attempt to kill a struggling, sensitive artist after he sketches some pretty half-assed drawings of them from afar, but the situation becomes even more perplexing when the artist begins sleeping with one of the female contacts of the cyclist troupe. Bruce Dern, the head savage, is repulsive in the role of the heartless, immoral womanizer, but I'm not so sure if this is due in large part to his character or the awful acting that is way below the usual standard of his ability. There are a couple of disturbing, almost unwatchable scenes, the gang rape of a naive, buxom blonde being one, but overall this is a highly entertaining piece of B movie exploitation that rides on its revved up garagey theme song and ridiculous depiction of the carefree, rebellious , drugged out thugs who embody the film. Recommended for late night laughs. December 15, 2004

Uncut?

I just watched this film and some of the dialouge was cut from the film, it says R-rated whats up with that? May 7, 2003

Worth a look for biker film aficionados!

Bruce Dern again plays a mean biker creep! Unfortunate for an artist who runs into Dern and gets beaten up.Luckily a sexy young women comes to his rescue and nurses the artist back to health! Where can I find a woman like that, oh well only in the movies. the acting is bad but the bikes are cool daddio. February 1, 2002

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