17 Apr 2007

Wild Hogs

Director: Walt Becker

Starring: Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, John Travolta, William H Macy

Release: 2007-04-17

This comedy centres on four middle-aged men (Tim Allen, William H Macy, Martin Lawrence, John Travolta) who find escape from their boring suburban lifestyles by leathering up and riding around on their motorbikes once a week. They call themselves the Wild Hogs.

When one of them (Travolta) unexpectedly loses his high-flying career and swimsuit-model wife, he convinces the other three to join him on a cross-country motorcycle trip as they search for the real "meaning of life".

Their tents get burnt down and they run into some trouble with a motorcycle cop (John C. McGinley from Scrubs). But the worst that happens is when one of them "accidentally" blows up the bar of a real motorbike gang (led by Ray Liotta). With the gang now hot on their heels, the Wild Hogs must now find a way to beat them...

Predictable and ridden with cliches, Wild Hogs is a movie that will probably please many straight white-collar middle-aged men.