Hell's Angels 69

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Summary: "The Losers" / a.k.a. "Nam's Angels"
Review: "The Losers" was a great Drive-In movie from 1970.With actor William Smith leading his band of bikers into Cambodia to rescue
a CIA spy. The opening sequence is awesome, yet sad. The slow motion and special effects created by Director Joe Solemon are one of the best war sequences shot as well as the battle to rescue the CIA agent.The bikers do what bikers do best, party, drink, love and kick some ...They take there motorcycles and add some mean weapons to them.They also create a awesome 3-wheeler with cannon fire.This was the first war movie to bravely attempt to show a little of what it maybe be like in Viet Nam, as it was released in 1970 and our Armed Forces were still very much in Viet Nam. This movie is a classic. For the year 1970 it opened my eyes to the horrors of war and the bravery of our Amercian soldiers, whether they were military or just good-ole free loving, hell raising bikers.. Sit back and enjoy and remember the year this was released and you'll enjoy it alot better..

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Summary: Unenjoyable
Review: Hell's Angels 69 is essentially a stereotypical caper movie in which a couple of protagonists try to pull off a heist but things go seriously wrong. Only in this case the main mistake they make is upsetting members of the Hells Angels. Using real bikers, this film had great potential, but it fails on all counts.

Hell's Angels TRIES to be a deeply serious film, but unlike artistically good caper films (e.g. The Asphalt Jungle or The Killing) all the characters are one-dimensional and absolutely nobody is in the least bit likeable, nor are any insights provided. And because it tries so hard to be serious and weighty, the film commits the even worse crime of being no fun at all. It doesn't even work as an unintentional comedy. In other words, Hell's Angels 69 is nothing more than a dreary, pretentious, existentialist film about the dangers of greed and hubris. NOT a good adventure film or biker flick. Get Wild Angels (which manages to be both fun and dramatic) instead.

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Summary: preposterous, but cool...
Review: I first saw this cheesey B flick back in '69 or '70, back when movies like this were en vougue. Think about it. The CIA recruits a misfit group of Hells Angel types to rescue and return a US presidential advisor from behind enemy lines in Viet Nam. So, here come these booze drinking, pot smoking, verile heroes to the rescue. And what fun it is! Keep in mind, American GI's are not allowed to step foot where this hostage advisor is being held, but bikers are. They party hard before the battle, do lots of local women, retro-fit their choppers and off they go. What ensues is pure fictional hocum. Lots of slo-mo action with a cool 70's style score. A great nostalgic fix for fans of this genre.

Don't worry about the intricasies of the plot and story-line here. Just sit back and enjoy. I did.

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Summary: Good fun
Review: I know that most Americans find it hard to laugh at what happened in Vietnam but this film is so over the top, but hugely enjoyable, that it may shed things in a different light. the film has to be taken with a huge pinch of salt, but if you can take the First Blood/Rambo films along with anything with Chuck Norris in it then this will come across as totally believable. I first saw this film in 1970 or around that time in a cinema in Barrhead (near Glasgow) when it was a B film showing with a Dracula movie with my mate Kenny and we sat in and watched it again and again (we went to this particular cinema because they let anyone in who had long trousers on and as it was an X certificate (18)in Scotland it was the only place we could get in. The story is about a load of Hells Angels who end up in Nam with their bikes and the stunts are brilliant so who cares about the plot. It boasts one of the best songs I have ever heard for a sound track. So folks buy it, suspend belief and sit back and have a laugh.

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Summary: Hell's Angels 69
Review: I saw Hells Angels 69 when it came out. I was 13 and it was the first biker movie I ever saw.I have seen many since that time and there is no doubt in my mind that this is the best one made.This is a true biker flick, not some stupid poser garbage like Easy Rider. Easy Rider is just the lame story of two punks .They aren't bikers, just hippies on two wheels. Sonny Barger,former President of the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels who was in HA 69, described Peter Fonda best when he said Fonda was a graduate of Chicken Sh_t High School.Although the acting is not great you get a feeling for how the Club actually was in those days.As a side note, Terry the Tramp and Magoo, two members of the Oakland chapter that are featured in the film, died shortly after the film was made.The Hells Angel lifestyle demands a lot and these two paid the price.The bikes and the locations make the film all the more real. The club house shown at the start of the film was the actual one for the Daly City chapter.This is the real thing.The other film in this set is so bad that it isn't worth the effort to watch it.

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Summary: You know your not watching it for cinematic achievements....
Review: Most people with common sense know theyre not watching this for groundbreaking cinema before they watch it(although tramp and sonny barger were nominated for best supporting actors in '69 for thier roles in this movie and did attend the oscars accompanied by zsa zsa and doris day)....but anyone with a remote interest in bikes or the counter-culture will find this an enjoyable movie. it does not build character depth for every member of the angels because its not a movie based on an AA meeting, but does focus on two protagonists, two antagonists, and the damsel in distress. it has a plot that builds and keeps suspense, along with giving a peep-show into what the Angels scene was back in '69(keep in mind they used the original Oakland Angels to portray themselves in this film and i doubt they spent too much time in rehearsel and in the make-up chair). the ending is very esoteric in nature as was every other movie in this genre in this era(i.e easy rider, vanishing point, two-lane blacktop), and it does not end with a tickle-fight. so if your remotely interested in the genre or a mototrcycle enthusiast, this movie will not dissapoint. let 'em off easy....

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Summary: Good movie with VERY DISAPPOINTING Ending
Review: My husband and I really enjoyed the movie until the last 10 minutes or so. The ending leaves you hanging, but you must believe that the bad guys win, which is not what I want to spend two hours preparing for. Major disappointment and a waste of 2 hours.

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Summary: Parts filmed in Downtown Mountain View, CA!
Review: Yes, part of this movie was filmed in old downtown Mountain View, California, as well as pre-updated Las Vegas Strip. It is a must-have for collectors of kitschy Hells Angels paraphanalia. Sonny's even in it!