Wild Hogs are nothing but tame piggies on a highway to hokum. Honk if you think these overpaid hacks should take their bikes to the nearest shop for creative repairs.
Wild Hogs (2007)
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Reviews Counted:135
Fresh:19
Rotten:116
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: Wild Hogs is a dreadful combination of fish-out-of-water jokes, slapstick, and lazy stereotypes.
Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual content, and some violence.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:13-04-2007
Synopsis: Walter Becker (NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER) directs this tale of four friends who hit the open road. Woody (John Travolta), Doug (Tim Allen), Bobby (Martin Lawrence), and Dudley (William H. Macy)... Walter Becker (NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER) directs this tale of four friends who hit the open road. Woody (John Travolta), Doug (Tim Allen), Bobby (Martin Lawrence), and Dudley (William H. Macy) are middle-aged suburbanite buddies stuck in a rut. Doug, a dentist, yearns for respect from his pre-teen son and everyone else in his life. Bobby is a henpecked husband and unhappy plumber. Computer programmer Dudley is a flop with the ladies. And Woody, who seemed to have it all, has just lost everything. Each weekend the foursome takes to the streets of Cincinnati on their motorcycles as the "Wild Hogs." With his world secretly falling apart, Woody hits on an idea: a "Wild Hogs" road trip to the Pacific Coast. Soon, the four are embarking on the adventure of their lives. But when they stumble upon a roadside dive in New Mexico filled with "real" bikers and raise the ire of Jack (Ray Liotta), who is the leader of the Del Fuegos, the Wild Hogs discover that they are in for a greater adventure than they expected, including a showdown in the sleepy New Mexico town of Madrid. Travolta, Allen, Lawrence, and Macy have fun here, from the verbal barbs to the physical comedy, and Liotta works surprisingly well as a "real" biker who is disgusted and insulted by these weekenders. The perpetually effervescent Marisa Tomei appears as a Madrid local who catches Dudley's eye, and John C. McGinley is an overly enthusiastic highway patrolman repeatedly encountered by the foursome. Watch for an all too brief appearance from EASY RIDER star Peter Fonda, and an amusing segment from Ty Pennington of EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER. Despite the star power in this film, which was shot on location in New Mexico, it's the custom bikes and open road that really shine. [More]
Starring: Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, John Travolta, Ray Liotta
Starring: Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, John Travolta, Ray Liotta, William H. Macy, Marisa Tomei, Jill Hennessy
Director: Walt Becker
Director: Walt Becker
Screenwriter: Brad Copeland
Producer: Brian Robbins, Mike Tollin, Todd Lieberman
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Reviews for Wild Hogs
A couple of homophobic jokes is just ignorant, but in a formulaic slapstick comedy, the obsessive nature of director Walt Becker and writer Brad Copeland's interest is just plain weird.
Boy, is this one lame wheezer of a movie. Wild Hogs actually feels as though it might take longer to watch than it did to write.
Of the major stars, it's Macy, not surprisingly, who offers the most texture, soul and self-deprecating humor in this light but appealing comedy.
Perhaps it's not within the purview of a mere critic to question the judgment if not the sanity of Disney executives who green-lit this travesty, but who exactly did they envision to be the audience?
Wild Hogs is an oinker. Feeding us slops of dud comedy are stars who ought to know better by now.
Wild Hogs is lame enough throughout that you wonder why John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen and William H. Macy signed on for it.
Though overly broad and slapstick simplistic, Wild Hogs offers a handful of robust laughs, as well as the fun of watching four ingratiating performers.
The movie ends with an ode to Easy Rider, but without the satisfaction of seeing any of the characters gunned down by hicks.
It's 'City Slickers' on bikes, probably someone's idea of a 40 year old guy's ultimate fantasy movie.
It's a joyless cross-country romp in which the heroes confront crazy animals, lascivious hicks and rest-stop bathroom horrors.
'A lot can happen on the road to nowhere,' reads the tagline on the poster for Wild Hogs, a comedy that also illustrates exactly how nothing can happen on the road to nowhere.
What financial strings had to be pulled to get John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy to sign on for this second-class City Slickers?
Wild Hogs is a formulaic road picture that hits a few potholes, thanks to an uneven script and stale comedic devices.
It's immediately forgettable but not inordinately painful, more like a routine cleaning at the dentist's than a root canal.
Wild Hogs isn't wild so much as a mild evocation of better fish-out-of-water flicks.
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