Red-Barracuda Mystery Science Theater 3000 has got a lot to answer for. Whenever I see a film with a highly disproportionately low user rating, on a large number of occasions it seems to have been as a result of the film in question being featured on this show. Many of the fans of this programme seemed to have felt almost duty-bound to deliver a one star rating for any of the movies riffed. I am not a fan of MST3K myself, and have only seen a couple of episodes, much preferring to watch the films 'unadorned' by the their (in my view) very unfunny riff-track. I will give some credit to the show, however, for bringing some very obscure films some prominence they otherwise would not have had but otherwise it's not for me. In any case, the ultra-low rating this one currently has must at least partially be a result of it featuring on this show, as Wild Rebels turned out to be a somewhat entertaining biker film with quite a bit of entertainment value I thought! The story in a nutshell is about a former stock car racer who is hired by the police to go undercover and infiltrate an outlaw biker gang who have been responsible for a series of armed robberies.This Florida set drive-in flick was one that must have clearly been surfing the biker film boom that occurred during the counter-culture years of the late sixties, early seventies. Its plot is pretty basic but it had a mix of agreeable ingredients I thought. It had a biker gang called Satan's Angels who have an unhealthy love of swastikas, it had a pop group called The Birdwatchers who knock out a couple of tunes, it had a sexy bad girl (Bobbie Byers) who, when required, dressed up all classy in order to rob the unwary, there is an extended shoot out at a…lighthouse, there is car and bike chases, there are a couple of armed robberies and there is even some drag racing and exploding cars. That's some of the things you get in this one and, all things considered, it's not such a bad selection of attractions to enjoy. So my advice would be to give this a whirl and treat the atrocious user rating with a pinch of salt. I was never bored, I was even rather entertained. Does that make me an idiot? Well maybe it does but I still totally recommend this whatever the case.

Lechuguilla A youthful race car driver named Rod Tillman (Steve Alaimo) unconvincingly gives up racing and, after a chance encounter with a biker group, joins the group, composed of three idiot dudes and their shared girlfriend. Trouble is, the bikers like to rob businesses for "kicks", which invites inept cops. The result is a not very believable story with contrived action and some hokey performances.Steve Alaimo isn't too bad as an actor. But the actors who play the bikers are simply awful. The characters they play have been described as the three stooges, and I tend to agree; they act retarded. Which renders the Tillman character's decision to join them not credible. Further, the film contains multiple plot holes, mostly involving the cops. The entire story seems fake. It's as if the writers spent all of ten minutes putting the script together, and without bothering to edit it.Dialogue is hopelessly dated and consists of beatnik blather. "Do you dig this?" "What now daddy?" And "bread" translates to "money". Some of the action is laughable, like when one of the bikers, to escape the cops, runs out of a lighthouse toward the cops, hops on a police motorcycle and rides away. The cops don't fire on him as he approaches them; they let him ride away and then they shoot.Color cinematography is adequate if unremarkable. Day-for-night camera filters are really obvious. Outdoor scenes appear to have been shot in real locations, which adds a sense of realism. Steve Alaimo sings a couple of songs, which has the effect of interrupting the plot flow and suggesting that the script was written with no purpose other than to promote his singing career."Wild Rebels" is not as bad as its reputation. But it really doesn't seem to have any point, and the story and acting are generally hokey. It's one of those cheap, meaningless drive-in films wherein the main draw is an excuse to eat buttery popcorn.

MisterWhiplash Wild Rebels is fun in a bad way, but also frustrating due to the actual good, or at least workable, elements in the story. It deals with a race car driver (Steve Alaimo) who gets mixed up in a group of bikers called Satan's Angels, who hang around a lot until they decide to rob a bank. Meanwhile Alaimo also gets recruited by the cops to report back to them what the Angels are up to and where they'll rob next. It's not even that the film is really too 'dated', though it does of course carry the significantly crude and stupid music in the film (from the band on stage in one scene, to Alaimo "performing" if you could call that drek that, to the regular generic score). It's just that there's not more care taken by the filmmaker into putting a little more logic, direction, and better actors for the parts. As it is I didn't have a major disliking towards the film, as I did with the Hellcats, but it almost left me a little indifferent to it all, too. What could come through as being unpredictable only comes through with stupid things like the name of the Florida town ('Citrusville' ho-ho). So it's not completely un-worthy then of its Mystery Science Theater 3000 status as of late. The commentary is good on the movie, even if once or twice I almost wanted to hear what the characters on screen were saying in case it might have some worth. Wild Rebels might be more of a good time if you've got a six-pack and low expectations, but as it is I wouldn't watch it again.

InzyWimzy Ah, another movie with motorcycles, hell's angels posse and Steve A-Lame-o as the not-so-cool car driver. This movie does not rely on story but lots of drinking, pot smoking, and lots of moronic acts. Steve's rendition of a dying cat during his "I love what I know" serenade had me vomiting for hours. Bike chick Linda (rrrr) makes out with everyone! Fats did the best acting since he just grunts and makes sounds. I also dare you to try to make out what Banjo is saying. "You messin' wit private stock." This is scriptwriting folks.I liked the ending. What better place to have the climax than a lighthouse! You have to see this to detest it.DIE Jeter, DIE!!!