Wild Hogs Provides Nothing Worth Seeing

When I saw the previews to Wild Hogs, I thought "what a lousy premise for a movie." But, here it is several weeks later and it apparently has enough people going to it to still be shown at our theater so I figured what the heck.

Wow, was I right the first time. If this movie is making millions of dollars, it is from a bunch of women over the age of 40 looking to relive the days when John Travolta was a sex symbol. Because, quite frankly, this movie was so bad I almost walked out on it.

For a while, I thought I was watching the movie City Slickers, except for the fact that City Slickers was funny and had an Oscar-worthy Jack Palance. The premise was the same though. It's about a bunch of middle-aged men that are going through their own separate mid-life crises ranging from a pending divorce to not being able to relate to their children and are seeking to have an adventure. Instead of becoming cowboys, they pretend to be bikers and ride cross country.

What made this movie worse is that wasn't the only subject in the film that's been overdone by Hollywood. Jokes in this movie range from the men trying to prove they aren't homosexuals, managing to burn down their tent and more jokes about poop than I thought was possible (or even legal). And, let's not forget the classic "oops, I've somehow gotten on a porn site and can't find out how to close it out before someone comes in the room" joke that has been done a million times. I mean, seriously, are there really people out there who are that stupid when it comes to surfing the Internet?

I normally don't mind humor like that but, for some weird reason, it just didn't work for me this time around.

And of course, it wouldn't be a movie unless the group of men weren't actually mistaken for a biker gang and asked to protect a town against a real one; reminding me of the movie The Three Amigos. Much like that movie, I saw the ending coming from a mile away. Of course, at that point, I was happy the movie was ending.

I honestly feel the best thing about this movie were the motorcycles. Too bad they didn't have any lines.

If you're looking to see this movie, save yourself the money, rent City Slickers and pretend they are riding Harley Davidsons instead of horses. This is one of those rare cases where not knowing what you're missing is a good thing.