Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1419 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-08-27
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 96 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
A coming-of-age story starring a bunch of fiftysomething stars rather than teenage actors, Wild Hogs is a well-intentioned comedy starring John Travolta (Woody), Tim Allen (Doug), Martin Lawrence (Bobby), and William H. Macy (Dudley) as a group of Midwesterners facing their own versions of mid-life crises. They decide to escape their frazzled personal lives and rejuvenate themselves by taking a road trip on their slick hogs. But their journey is less Easy Rider than it is Three Amigos (plus one). As individual actors, each lead is a formidable star. But throw them all together into one crammed screenplay full of scatological humour and uncomfortable homosexual gags and it doesn't quite work. The actors spend so much time trying to outdo each other on screen that they aren't believable as friends, much less comrades. Walt Becker (National Lampoon's Van Wilder) offers minimal direction on a film that could've used some reining in, especially during scenes between Macy and Marisa Tomei (as a diner owner who inexplicably falls for him). There are promises of some interesting vignettes when Ray Liotta shows up as Jack, the leader of a real motorcycle gang. When Jack threatens to break Dudley's legs, Dudley counters, "I'm a computer programmer! I don't need my legs." Without missing a beat, Jack says, "Fine, we'll break his hands." It's not that the lines are so funny, but they way Liotta delivers them that adds some life to this flailing comedy. Unfortunately, his scenes with the rest of the cast are all too few. --Jae-Ha Kim

Synopsis
Walter Becker (NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VAN WILDER) directs this tale of four friends who hit the open road. Woody (John Travolta), Doug (Tim Allen), Bobby (Martin Lawrence), and Dudley (William H. Macy) are middle-aged suburbanite buddies stuck in a rut. Doug, a dentist, yearns for respect from his pre-teen son and everyone else in his life. Bobby is a henpecked husband and unhappy plumber. Computer programmer Dudley is a flop with the ladies. And Woody, who seemed to have it all, has just lost everything. Each weekend the foursome takes to the streets of Cincinnati on their motorcycles as the 'Wild Hogs'. With his world secretly falling apart, Woody hits on an idea: a 'Wild Hogs' road trip to the Pacific Coast. Soon, the four are embarking on the adventure of their lives. But when they stumble upon a roadside dive in New Mexico filled with 'real' bikers and raise the ire of Jack (Ray Liotta), who is the leader of the Del Fuegos, the Wild Hogs discover that they are in for a greater adventure than they expected, including a showdown in the sleepy New Mexico town of Madrid. Travolta, Allen, Lawrence, and Macy have fun here, from the verbal barbs to the physical comedy, and Liotta works surprisingly well as a 'real' biker who is disgusted and insulted by these weekenders. The perpetually effervescent Marisa Tomei appears as a Madrid local who catches Dudley’s eye, and John C. McGinley is an overly enthusiastic highway patrolman repeatedly encountered by the foursome. Watch for an all too brief appearance from EASY RIDER star Peter Fonda, and an amusing segment from Ty Pennington of EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER. Despite the star power in this film, which was shot on location in New Mexico, it’s the custom bikes and open road that really shine.

Customer Reviews

entertaining
Bought this film and wasnt sure what to expect from it. Watched it with friends and we thought it was a good "laugh out loud" film. Some films state they are comedies and when you watch them they can be very disappointing - not this one, appeals to all ages too. Cant go wrong really for £2.98!

sad and desperate attempt at a look at the open road
Bored and disappointed with their ordinary lives, 4 bikers plan to get away for a week and explore the open road.

Every biker, or simply every person, has dreamed of just packing in their ordinary day to day lives and hitting the open road and leaving their problems behind, and this ideology is explored in this tame and unfunny "comedy".

I currently can't ride a motorbike but have been a pillion on my dad's for years and we have had some great exploring adventures and this film puts the ideology of exploring and adventure to shame by throwing in clichés, unfunny sequences and sadly a list of Hollywood Oscar nominees who you won't believe to be this poor.

You would never have believed Travolta (Saturday Night Fever) and Macy (Fargo) would be Oscar nominees by their performances in this atrocious film, and this comes from a person who loves these two actors. To be totally fair it is down to the writing that the actors fail.

The comedy genre has changed over the years and recent flops such as Disaster Movie give a testament to what comedy is; slapstick and parody of current issues and celebrities. The slapstick humour comes thick and fast from the get go as Macy's character Dudley crashes his Harley, portrayed as being funny when it could have been quite serious in a real sense and the slapstick and predictability continues as the plot unravels in a sad and desperate manor.

We are introduced one by one into the character's dismal and difficult lives, all conveniently looking for an excuse to get away at the exact same time. Travolta's desperate and inspirational speech to convince his friends to come on the trip had me turning away it was so clichéd inspirational, with that atrocious cheesy music spurring in the background.

From there we see plenty of stereotypes such as the hard nut bikers and a gay cop who is played by John C McGinley of Scrubs, and being a huge fan of Dr Cox I was ashamed to watch, like other parts of the film.

The one and only good thing about this film is the directed sequences of the bikers on the open road, cruising down highways with some chilled music playing.

Bad performances and exceptionally poor writing, wild hogs follows the current trend of comic convention and doesn't live up to every biker's fantasy

2/10

ok
its city slickers but with a different title.this film has its moments but not enought to make memorable