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Glory Stompers (Amazon.com Exclusive) [VHS]

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Tremendous thanks to Amazon.com for making available at last the admittedly terrible Dennis Hopper biker film "The Glory Stompers" on widescreen DVD-R. Fine print on the case reveals that the release was licensed by MGM, 20th Century Fox, and Orion Pictures, and manufactured in Kentucky, USA. Clearly lots of work went into releasing this nostalgic classic at last, so I hope fellow film fans will reward Amazon's efforts (and themselves) by buying this long-awaited treasure.

Oh, this biker movie is awful, you know it and I know it. But it recalls a time when films like this were completely shot on location (meaning the highways and deserts of CA) and it was easy enough to hire club members as extras, before the clubs became as sophisticated (well, relatively), wealthy and well-organized and even media-conscious as they are today. The plot is simple: evil biker Hopper, in full semi-articulate stoner mode (yes, like he always is, either onscreen or probably in real life) kidnaps "good" (well, relatively, he has a bigger, more jutting jaw, looks a bit more clear-eyed) biker Jody McCrea's girl, intending to sell her in Mexico. And McCrea (son of Joel, here taking a rest from his dimwit turns in all those Frankie-Annette beach movies) pursues. They fight, they snarl, they even spit at each other. And the bright, clear primary colors are appropriately blood-drenched. It's easily as "good" as your average pretentious foreign film of the period, in other words, and it never, ever stops to make a bit of sense. Love those 60's!

This a great old Hooper biker movie. I watched it years ago. Unfortunatly when I finally found it and thought I had the opportunity to purchase it Amazon screwed my order up. They advertised a seller that they have discontinued. They have charged me for the item and as of the seller they say they can no longer access their account. My advise, buyer beware of everything you buy here.

This turkey about rival biker gangs (featuring Dennis Hopper during his Easy Rider phase) was noteworthy for performances by Hopper, Jock Mahoney and Casey Kasem, but afterward they probably wished they'd never gotten involved with it.

This is really bad. Luckily, like 'The Annihilators' (worst film ever), it's so good it's bad.
Dennis Hopper is bad, the bikes are bad, the extras are bad, the script is bad, the fights are bad... and 'Easy Rider' was just around the corner!
Why do we still get a kick out of this stuff?