Easy Wheels (1989)

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Advertised as a parody of cheapo-sleazo biker flicks, Easy Wheels looks so much like the real thing that one wonders whether or not we were originally supposed to take the whole megillah seriously. Biker Bruce (Paul Le Mat) and She Wolf (Eileen Davidson) forget their mutual animosity long enough to… More Advertised as a parody of cheapo-sleazo biker flicks, Easy Wheels looks so much like the real thing that one wonders whether or not we were originally supposed to take the whole megillah seriously. Biker Bruce (Paul Le Mat) and She Wolf (Eileen Davidson) forget their mutual animosity long enough to plan a mass abduction of female babies. The idea is to create a race of super biker chicks, who will enslave mankind and set up a leather-jacketed matriarchy. Bruce isn't completely sold on this idea and bides his time until he gets a chance to undermine She Wolf. Filmed in glamorous Des Moines and Dubuque, Easy Wheels makes all those American-International flicks of the 1960s look like the collected works of Antonioni. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By: David O'Malley, Dimitri Villard
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy

In Theaters: Aug 25, 1990 Wide

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All right, you Raimi fanboys, you've seen Spider-Man, you've probably seen The Evil Dead, you might've seen The Quick & The Dead, and there's even a slim chance you've seen… More
All right, you Raimi fanboys, you've seen Spider-Man, you've probably seen The Evil Dead, you might've seen The Quick & The Dead, and there's even a slim chance you've seen Crimewave. But I bet you've never seen Easy Wheels! That's right, our man Sam co-wrote this tongue-in-cheek biker comedy under a pseudonym, his brother Ted has a very small part by making faces as a bartender, and his Xena: Warrior Princess co-creator Rob Tapert served as co-producer. Problem is, they didn't really hire the right director(s). The pacing is awkward and the gags often don't have the proper timing to really do this goofy story any favors. Didn't I mention? Biker Paul "You Want A Knuckle Sandwich?" LeMat of American Graffiti fame has visions, thanks to a hunk of metal lodged in his head from Vietnam, and leads his gang The Born Losers to Iowa to stop a biker gang of women from kidnapping baby girls and leaving them in the forest to be raised by wolves, just as their leader had been. See, it's that kind of movie. I got a kick out of the entire movie taking place "east of Des Moines, south of Dubuque." Most of the landscape could substitute for Iowa with the long lonely roads and cornfields, but the terrain grew a little too rugged towards the end. Some funny lines - for instance, we learn one of the perks of being in a biker gang means never having to wash dishes - and situations sorely needed an extra jump-start of energy to really deliver a cult classic along the lines of Crimewave. But hey, the full Raimi experience isn't complete without watching it.

Cast

            Paul Le Mat as Biker Bruce

            Eileen Davidson as She-Wolf

            Marjorie Bransfeld as Wendy

            Jon Menick as Prof

            Mark Holton as Animal

            Karen Russell as Candy

            Jami Richards as Merilee

            Roberta Vasquez as Tondaleyo

            Theresa Randal as Allie

            Barry Livingston as Reporter

            Stevie Sterling as Fascination

            Robert Miano as Nick

            George Plimpton as Surgeon

            Gary Ballard as Hunter

            Kevin Brophy as Tony Wolf

            Barry Doe as Sheriff

            Louan Gideon as Molly Wolf

            Dan Hicks as Joe

            Joleen Lutz as Novice Nun

            Annie O'Donnell as Enid

            Theodore Raimi as Charlie

            Theresa Randle as Ace

            Joey Shea as Irv Schollstrom

            Ben Stein as Preacher

            R.J. Walker as Hunter

            Rebecca York as Marian

            Dimitri Villard as Police Captain

            Carlos Campean as Paco

            Mike Leinart as Meatball

            Ivan Naranjo as Navajo Indian

            Lisa Nelson as Becky Sue

            Theodore Plimpton
            
            Robert Traviano as Domingo

            Marjorie Bransfield
            
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