Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0790357601035 Format: Color, NTSC Label: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC. Manufacturer: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC. Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC. Release Date: February 27, 2001 Running Time: 85 minutes Studio: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC. Theatrical Release Date: 1972 Sales Rank: 71536
Amazon.com: Tough biker babes stomp a couple of vicious racist rapists and then cool their heels in a rural commune while the men hit the road for a biker rally (they actually spend most of their time getting drunk and passing out). The vacation is short-lived when the women discover the seemingly peace-loving guru is actually a drug kingpin with a vicious gang and a side business in human sacrifices. That's just one of the unexplained twists in this oddball thriller made at the end of the biker-movie craze. When the genre died, according to producer Sam Sherman, they couldn't give the film away so director Al Adamson reshot it to cash in on the explosion of female-centered action pictures. The result is a schizophrenic production, a biker buddy film full of macho posturing and brutal violence against women that suddenly gives way to girl-gang vengeance. Cameraman Gary Graver (Orson Welles's F for Fake) uses the California desert and back roads to good effect and frees his camera to leap into the dynamic free-for-all brawl and the high-powered chase that climaxes the film. But for all the wild, butt-kicking energy of the Angels' women, it's the men to the rescue.
The DVD features a commentary by producer Sam Sherman, along with a newly recorded introduction, a profile taken from the cable TV series Split Screen, and trailers to this and four other Al Adamson-Sam Sherman collaborations. --Sean Axmaker
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Rating: - The Manson Ranch!
Ross Hagen told me, in an interview, that the movie was shot at the Manson Ranch before the killings! He didn't say whether Manson was there, but he did say that his wife Claire was so unnerved by the ... Read More
Rating: - Vro-o-om, vro-o-om
An independent biker film with cheap production values and a swiss cheese plot that will probably become a cult classic in a few years. Hard to follow the theme in some places. Utterly forgettable. I ... Read More
Rating: - End of an Era
Al Adamson was always much better at making action films, especially those starring bikers, than the horror films he is mostly known for. "Satan's Sadists", for example, is still one of the best biker ... Read More
Rating: - Decent, but falls short
Biker gangs cruising around, causing little trouble.
Having scene Satan's Sadists first, I was not as impressed with AWW. The chicks could have been a little meaner and some more violence might ... Read More
- The Manson Ranch!
- End of an Era