Thursday, January 7, 2010

She-Devils on Wheels (3 Stars)

1968. Unrated.
Is it possible for a film to be so bad that it is good? Well, if you're looking for an example of this cinema phenomenon, check out "She-Devils on Wheels" directed by drive-in, exploitation king, Herschell Gordon Lewis. A group of motorcycle mamas race each other to decide who gets first pick of their "stud" line. When a gang of men get in their way, a hell breaks loose and the war is on. The best way to describe this menagerie is to say it's a "Grease" gone terribly wrong. Even though we witness campy dialogue, bad acting, and fist fights that look like something you'd dream up when playing cops and robbers as children, "She-Devils" still seems to permeate a certain finesse from a different time of filmmaking.

No comments: