Just perfect...

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This movie is so 90s action, with over the top action plot so thin you could see right threw it. I really love to know what were the masterminds behind this movie thinking, its so bad its good. Ill start by the names of the characters Harley Davidson, Marboro Man, Jack Daniels, and a Mexican guy called Jose Cuervo at this point just call him Tequila Burrito, and a black guy called Jimmie Hendrix...just go with it, man and i thought a Michael Bay product placement was over the top. I remembering seeing this as a kid and it rocked i mean it was just the coolest thing i ever saw... But as i saw it in my early twenties i saw how unrealistic it actually was still it was enjoyable, i mean even if Mikey Rourk said he made this for money you can tell he was having fun with his character, i don't see the point of the Marboro man riding a motorcycle but hey there few little of logic in this film for that. Ill just say these two would probably died a couple of times during there escapes, and the villains are mostly dumb, so if your looking for a 90s action pack movie ill totally say give it a watch...just don't pretend to make much sense.

I was a little bit skeptical when I purchased this DVD with the reviews I've read. I'm a Mickey Rourke fan, so I decided to take my chances. Needless to say I am not disappointed! I was expecting a film specifically made for male audiences only but it turns out both sexes can appreciate just how great movies used to be in the 80s and early 90s. The frequent one-liners were hilarious and at times though provoking. The action is just right and not over the top and the plot line was even decent. I give it a 7 out of 10. I sometimes wonder if Mickey Rourke looks back upon his sexy looks and regrets all that he's put his face and body through!

This is one of those movies that I fondly remember from my younger years, and while back then I simply watched it as a typical action movie, I come back to it now to see that it is a movie that brings out the essence of American culture, particularly culture out in the west. This movie, while set in the near future (when it was released), follows the style of a classic western movie. It is about a couple of drifters, cowboys, Harley Davidson, the new style of cowboy riding his Harley and wearing his leather jacket, and the Malboro Man, a classic cowboy with his boots and his hat.The narrative of this film is similar to the old style westerns, but in many ways goes to show that nothing has changed and nothing will change. We see that despite progress (the world now flies into and out of Burbank Airport) the west is still lawless and has still been left behind. Chance Wilder, the antagonist of the piece, only earns $500,000 a year as the head of the bank (most likely the Los Angeles branch), and has to supplement his income in other ways.The west is still lawless, and while the police to appear, they tend to take a back seat. Virginia Slim (a type of cigarette) is Malboro's girl, and while she works for the police, she has no idea about what is going on, nor does her partner. Instead, it is still the law of the gun, as can be seen by the thugs that carry out Wilder's dirty work.The cowboy still drifts, as we see Harley drifting from east to go out west, though not to make his fortune, and then drifts back east at the end of the film. However the east and west division between civilisation and barbarity is still evident as they jump on a train back east when things get too hot, though returns to the west to finish off the unfinished business.In essence this movie is about the American culture, the main characters representing the motor bike and the cigarette, with Virginia Slim being the feminine Marlboro. Throw in Jack Daniels, the the big guy who is representative of tough, but ugly guy that you don't want to upset. It is all about taming that which is wild. The cowboy rides the bull, which is in essence the duty and nature of the cowboy, to go into the wilderness and bring civilisation there. Yet this is also evident when we see the woman on the bike in the bar, in the same way the cowboy is taming the wild beast. I guess this demonstrates the American Narrative, that in one sense, looking from the east, the west is still a wild and untame place, but even now that the West has been won, there is always new horizons and new frontiers that need to be tamed.

What's not to love? This is a live-action cartoon; an homage to the classic oater of yesteryear that absolutely refuses to take itself seriously; a fun frantic buddy flick replete with motorcycles, guns, an explosion or two, a disgraced former Miss America, an army of villains gunning for our heroes, and a sleazy, wealthy, powerfully-connected bad guy directing the nefarious doings from the safety of his well-secured office. Hmmm.... Come to think of it, that bad guy has a lot in common with our last president....But I digress. Seriously, for all those who whine about the script, the chemistry, or the "unbelievability" of the scenario: carefully untwist your panties, butter your popcorn, and put your brain in low gear for an hour and a half. You might shock yourself and end up having a good time with a rompin', stompin' shoot-'em-up cowboy picture.And anyone should know, within the first five minutes of viewing, that a rompin', stompin' shoot-'em-up cowboy picture is what they've got. This is not the pretentious drop-your-Rolex-in-the-sand "artiness" of Easy Rider, or the heart-rending After School Special sob-story of Mask (the Sam Elliott and Cher Mask, not the Jim Carrey version). It isn't even the high-concept hi-jinks of my favorite road movie of all time, Roadside Prophets. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man is nothing more than FUN; escapist and cathartic fun with a couple of wise-crackin' rough riders ready to do battle against big corporate baddies. Come along for the ride!