After a biker witnesses the shooting of a political figure during a protest, the offender starts to take out members of his gang one by one. Enter Stone, an undercover cop who tries to find out who's doing it while trying to to protect them, but they prove rather difficult to control as he falls into their culture and becomes one of them.
The film says a lot about the Aussie culture in the seventies, and bikers specifically, as we see what they get up behind closed doors. The film starts with some violent but impressive scenes and later shows drugs and lots of nudity. The scenes involving bikers on the roads will appeal to anyone who has donned a helmet and rode amongst other such enthusiasts, with a very memorable large procession of bikes during a highway funeral sequence.
If you're a motorbike enthusiast then you may like this film a lot, especially the motorbike start sequence opening credits and the suburban race scene.
There's a few classic Australian actors to be found in this cult classic and even Norman Gunstan shows his face as a motorbike mechanic. Most of all though, the actors who played Toecutter and the Nightrider play biker buddies in this film. A lot of the acting is awkward and a bit dramatic and seems like a long episode of a drama TV show, but is worth checking out for the old Aussie era.
The film says a lot about the Aussie culture in the seventies, and bikers specifically, as we see what they get up behind closed doors. The film starts with some violent but impressive scenes and later shows drugs and lots of nudity. The scenes involving bikers on the roads will appeal to anyone who has donned a helmet and rode amongst other such enthusiasts, with a very memorable large procession of bikes during a highway funeral sequence.
If you're a motorbike enthusiast then you may like this film a lot, especially the motorbike start sequence opening credits and the suburban race scene.
There's a few classic Australian actors to be found in this cult classic and even Norman Gunstan shows his face as a motorbike mechanic. Most of all though, the actors who played Toecutter and the Nightrider play biker buddies in this film. A lot of the acting is awkward and a bit dramatic and seems like a long episode of a drama TV show, but is worth checking out for the old Aussie era.