Product: The Wild Ride (1960)
Rating: 1.0
As Bad as Bad Gets!!
What a Waste! Jack N. is one of my faves, but he didn't hit his stride until The Last Detail & Five Easy Pieces & Carnal Knowledge. First off, the soundtrack is so horribly distracting it's pathetic. The 'Wild Youth' in this movie are anything but. They wear nice button down shirts and are clean shaved and nicely groomed. Their big parties include like two beers each and a pint and some of the lamest dancing around. Dialogue is cheesy. Like if they keep repeating the words crazy, man, and farout we're gonna believe they're cool. Jack N. is Top Stud, which includes browbeating, insulting, and controlling everyone around him. The racing footage gives you good glimpses of rotating tires and little else. Comparisons to Brando and Dean are laughable in their lame attempts to prop up this embarassment. And the Hot Rods are are nothing to speak about either. Basically just grandma cars. No sweet paint or fat tires or tricked out anything. I woulda gave it 2, but went with one to balance out this inexplicable praise being doled out to this clunker. Does anyone recognize good cinema?