I recently bought this DVD at Best Buy for $3.99. What a bargain.
Without this early, landmark outlaw biker film, AIP and Al Adamson probably never would have made all those low-budget biker flicks we've come to know and love (or hate).
A young (and very cool) Marlon Brando plays Johnny, the leader of the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club. He leads his gang into a small town where they drink beer, raise hell, and use a lot of early 1950s jive talk. Before long, rival biker Chino (Lee Marvin) and his boys show up, adding to the mayhem.
The most famous line in the movie, and a very concise insight into Brando's character, is when a local girl asks Brando what he's rebelling against. He replies, "What d'ya got?"
Although the movie is generally good, there is a fist fight between Brando and Marvin where the stunt doubles are VERY obvious. This is very distracting and may even make you chuckle, but I can live with it.
Great movie!
I always think of Wally Wood's MAD comic version...
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