Heavenly Blues (Peter Fonda) is the leader of the motorcycle gang Angels from San Pedro, California. He and his best friend Joe 'Loser' Kerns (Bruce Dern) lead the gang on a search for Loser's stolen bike. Mike 'Monkey' (Nancy Sinatra) is Blues' lady. Gaysh (Diane Ladd) is Loser's wife.
This Roger Corman flick dives into the counter culture war. It is the presumed inspiration for Peter Fonda to write Easy Rider. The Nazi paraphernalia may be off-putting but rather fitting. It has a simplicity to the plot, the characters, and the style of the movie. It's too bad that Sinatra is a better actor. It's interesting that the other three leads are so much better. I also don't like the bongo music which is more of a hippie thing. It would have been great if Corman had an epic song for the epic funeral party. Overall, this is a fascinating piece of biker movie genre.
This Roger Corman flick dives into the counter culture war. It is the presumed inspiration for Peter Fonda to write Easy Rider. The Nazi paraphernalia may be off-putting but rather fitting. It has a simplicity to the plot, the characters, and the style of the movie. It's too bad that Sinatra is a better actor. It's interesting that the other three leads are so much better. I also don't like the bongo music which is more of a hippie thing. It would have been great if Corman had an epic song for the epic funeral party. Overall, this is a fascinating piece of biker movie genre.