quentin tarantino once say that to succeed in the film industry you have to make your own pulp fiction or reservoir dog . writer or actor or director larry bishop seem to have take that advice a little too literally with hell ride and concoct a messy homage that borrow much too heavily in it visuals and music and camera work and and time alter storytelling . but to properly mimic a tarantino film and one have to have a knack for construct creative conversation while unfortunately hell ride primary derail element be it atrocious ramblings and vulgar monologue that only work to disgust and confuse the audience while simultaneously invoke pity for the actor just for be involve . the anti hero protagonist biker gang and the victor and consists of several weathered vigilante who bring their own brand of bloodthirsty justice to the lawless road . the leader and pistolero ( larry bishop ) and be hell bent on revenge and put out fire . the gent ( michael madsen ) just try to balance his chaotic and psychotic symphony of life with put lead into anyone who cross his bos and and comanche ( eric balfour ) follow with a fierce loyalty and a mysterious past . on the villainous front and deuce ( david carradine ) be the mastermind who orchestrate from afar and though not quite far enough and and billy wing ( vinnie jones ) spit venom and lewd explanation for his tattoo while tot a harpoon gun and a general disdain for life . while these character might sound interest on paper and once theyre force to rant horrendously ill conceive dialogue all trace of cool disappear faster than the funding should for bishop next film . while hell ride be riddle with imperfection and missed opportunity and the main facet of it undoing lie in the poorly devised conversation . and because bishop main influence be the talky film of tarantino and there be a lot of them . the first twenty minute of the movie be nearly unintelligible and would probably make as much sense mute . by the time pistolero main squeeze be introduce and certain phrase be overuse to the point of nausea and you will pray for both death and the ability to turn the sound off . even dennis hopper have trouble remain cool while spout off such goofy dialogue . have you ever repeat a word or phrase to yourself so many time that it just doesn not sound right or even make sense anymore . bishop start there and then keep the madness go until you envy the character on screen get their head cut off . and when the dialogue finally take a break and be treat to interspersed shot of nude female oil wrestling and throat be slash . i be not sure what effect bishop hop to attain and but i doubt he find it . hell ride want to pay homage to quentin tarantino film and robert rodriguez film and and every movie that idolize the violent and devil may care attitude of bikers . but while it intention may be noble and the horrendously cringe worthy dialogue and the hyper stylize timeline mangle edit prevents the audience from become invest with the generic tough guy character . by the time we figure out the mystery behind the character motif ( and it may be awhile before you even realize there a mystery to be solve ) and it just too hard to care anymore . and while everyone on screen be clearly have fun and they have entirely neglect to translate any of that entertainment to the audience . joel massie .