I collect old, cheap biker movies. The main reason for that is to scope out the motorcycles of the era. This "Hard Ride" joke of a movie has a very good selection of late-60's/early 70's "choppers". The motorcycles alone are worth the watch. The plot? What plot? The acting? Stiff. Forced. Poor. The only reason I'm giving it a "six" is the tits motorcycles used in the movie. The fake "kick-starting" them is very lame, though. Why can't they ever find actors/extras that actually LOOK like "bikers"? I got "recruited" to be a "biker extra" in the mega-flop comedy "Dutch Treat" circa 1987. I rode my own Harley, wore my own clothes and was actually the only one drinking beer that I had snuck in the "biker bar" scene: "No drinking on the set!" I was told but I snuck it in and threw in some ad-libbing which they used! "The Hard Ride"? Poor movie, great motorcycles. Where are those bikes today?! Some "cheap biker movies" are actually very entertaining when you consider how poor the acting is. However, there's no excuse for plot lines so thin as to be almost nonexistent.
Review of The Hard Ride
