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Hell Ride
Promotional poster
Directed by	Larry Bishop
Produced by	Larry Bishop Shana Stein Michael Steinberg Quentin Tarantino
Written by	Larry Bishop
Starring	Larry Bishop Michael Madsen Vinnie Jones Eric Balfour with David Carradine and Dennis Hopper
Music by	Daniele Luppi
Cinematography	Scott Kevan
Editing by	Blake West William Yeh
Distributed by	Dimension Films
Release date(s)	August 8, 2008
Running time	83 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross revenue	$213,608

Hell Ride is a 2008 American feature film from Larry Bishop released under the "Quentin Tarantino Presents" banner.

Plot

Larry Bishop stars as biker Pistolero, (named after the original title for Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado) who along with The Gent (Michael Madsen) and Comanche (Eric Balfour), are the leaders of the Victors, a motorcycle gang.

In 1976, Pistolero’s old lady Cherokee Kisum (Julia Jones) is murdered by The Deuce (David Carradine) and Billy Wings (Vinnie Jones), leaders of the 666ers (a rival gang), as a message to the Victors. The Deuce moves into large scale business efforts, leaving the gang life behind and the 666ers dry up as a gang.

Years later, after The Deuce returns to the area to close up unfinished business and Billy Wings reforms the 666ers in Los Angeles, the rival gang infiltrates the Victors in an attempt to take over the local territory. Pistolero learns he may have discovered the son of Cherokee Kisum after a member from 1976, St. Louie, is murdered in the same manner of Cherokee Kisum. He then begins to make moves to eliminate the 666ers and finally gain his revenge. While loyal bikers are killed by the 666ers, the treacherous Victors try to influence The Gent, Comanche, and Goody Two-Shoes to switch sides or kill them. Goody Two-Shoes is eventually killed after being located by Billy Wings.

With the aid of Eddie Zero (Dennis Hopper) and his lady Nada (Leonor Varela), the three remaining Victors try to locate and kill The Deuce, Billy Wings and the remaining 666ers before they themselves are killed.

Cast

• Larry Bishop as Pistolero /Johnny
• Michael Madsen as The Gent
• Dennis Hopper as Eddie "Scratch" Zero
• Eric Balfour as Comanche /Bix /Sonny Kisum
• Vinnie Jones as Billy Wings
• Leonor Varela as Nada
• Michael Beach as Goody Two-Shoes
• Laura Cayouette as Dani
• Julia Jones as Cherokee Kisum
• Francesco Quinn as Machete
• Alison McAtee as The Swede
• Cassandra Hepburn as Maria
• David Carradine as The Deuce

Characters

Vinnie Jones and David Carradine star as members of the satanic biker gang the 666ers. Dennis Hopper stars as an old member of the Victors gang.

Production

Bishop took extra duties on this film by not only starring in it, but wrote, directed and co-produced with Michael Steinberg and Shana Stein producing and Quentin Tarantino taking on the job of Executive Producer. This is Bishop's modern-day take on those 1960s motorcycle flicks he used to turn out for B-movie masters American International Pictures. It's the project Tarantino inspired Bishop to begin some five and a half years ago, when he told Larry, "It is your destiny to write, direct and star in a movie,'" and said he would help produce it.

Release

Hell Ride premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival before being released straight-to-DVD around much of the rest of the world.

External links

• Official Site
• Hell Ride at the Internet Movie Database
• Hell Ride at Allmovie
• Hell Ride at Box Office Mojo
• Hell Ride Red Band trailer
• Anatomy of a Tarantino Film at BrokenProjector
• Interview with Tarantino at Sundance from AMC