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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Salesrank: 1153
Released: August 14, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Tim Allen John Travolta Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy star in WILD HOGS the hysterically funny comedy about four weekend-warrior friends who decide to rev up their ho-hum suburban lives with a cross-country motorcycle adventure. They don their leathers fire up their hogs and throw caution and their cell phones to the wind as they hit the open highway. But a lot can happen on the road to nowhere including a run-in with the bad-to-the-bone Del Fuegos a real biker gang who don't take kindly to the wannabes. Filled with hilarious misadventures screwball situations and madcap mayhem this laugh-out-loud comedy is a movie your whole family will go hog wild over.System Requirements:Running Time: 100 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 786936727463 Manufacturer No: 05373600
Description of Wild Hogs (Widescreen Edition):
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 humor 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
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Wild Hogs (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Wild Hogs 
2008-10-12 - Haven't had time to watch the movie yet, but have been looking for it for some time.......No problem finding it on Amazon, great service and I'm sure I will enjoy the movie............
Wild Hogs is Bad 
2008-10-12 - This movie rates right down there with Wag the Dog. How can such good actors let this poor a movie be made.
You must be kidding me
2008-10-08 - Four stars? Seriously?
This was one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time, and was easily the worst film William Macy or Marissa Tomei have ever appeared in. I like stupid comedies as much as the next guy, but they have do one thing: make me laugh.
I didn't feel like this one even made the attempt. The film makers seemed to have other things to do, perhaps catching up on paperwork. Here, watch Tim Allen burn down their tent with a marshmallow. Not laughing? Clearly what's needed is more homophobia jokes. Still not laughing...hmmm, let's steal the unfunny part of the Three Amigos and talk some moralizing at the end. Beats working!
I've been to Madrid. It's a really weird, wacky town. Just walking around with a video camera talking to the locals would have produced a far more interesting interesting film that this piece of dreck. But for some unfathomable reason, they carefully expunged all traces of the actual Madrid from their set.
Why? Did they think that John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William Macy were so just gosh-durn interesting to watch that they didn't want to distract from their "talent" by showing the actual place they decided to shoot in?
Hollywood egotism at its absolute worst.
Perfect Comedy!!!
2008-10-02 - This is an awesome comedy, because it has a lot of great actors like Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, John Travolta, and William H. Macy! 4 middle-aged friends named Doug, Bobby, Dudley, and Woody want to 'get away from it all' and go on a road trip on their Harley-Davidsons. A lot of hilarious situations happen such as the men skinny dipping, and a family want to join them. Later, they have to deal with a motorcycle gang called the Del Fuegos. The Del Fuegos become mad when Woody accidentally burns down their bar. The Wild Hogs seek comfort in a small town called Madrid. Dudley falls in love with Maggie, the owner of a restaurant. The Del Feugos come to Madrid wanting revenge. The Wild Hogs decide to stand up for the town and fight back. If you love comedy, you'll love WILD HOGS!!!
Amazon is the best
2008-09-13 - Amazon is the only place I buy DVDs and CDs they always come in good condition and very low prices.
