This movie’s success boggles my mind. So many people went to see this movie and made it one of the top grossing comedies of recent years and yet it’s a horrible unfunny movie featuring some very talented actors. We get a group of mid life crisis males going on a road trip to find adventure. Along the way they meet a biker gang, and must defend themselves and a small town, after they accidentally blow up their bar. This movie sucks.

Here’s a trailer:

William H. Macy, Martin Lawrence, John Travolta, and Tim Allen play the four dudes that we are suppose to sympathize with. If this is the future for myself and many other people out there working 9 to 5 in tech land, then the future is going to suck. These guys play a variety of cuckold men who can’t seem to get it together after all these years. They have Harley’s though, and for whatever reason they feel that a road trip is going to make life worth while. It’s a lame idea. The execution isn’t all that well.

You know a movie is bad when there are 3 musical montages before the halfway point of the film! That’s right, 3 different musical montages! I hate musical montages in comedies and I hate it when films rely on that to waste precious time and effort! I want to strangle the writers of Wild Hogs for putting in 3 musical montages! Come on! Why?

The subplot of this film deals with a biker gang who has been terrorizing a small town. The “Wild Hogs” group together and fight back, only to inspire the small town to fight, and we get a happy sort of movie.

These types of stories are not new. These stories are reserved for the bullied kids in a Disney film. Every underdog movie out there has the same storyline, and the kid’s versions do a lot better. So if you’ve seen an underdog children’s film like The Mighty Ducks, you’ve already seen a better version of this film.

The only thing that can save this film at all is the fact that Marisa Tomei is in it. She’s still looking good after all these years. If you want a better comedy, check out “The Mighty Ducks” or if you want a better movie altogether check out one of my favorite films: “The Cooler”. This movie sucks.

Don’t worry, I’ve got some good movies on tap for the near future. Just hang in there with me and my chorus of horrible comedies. Things will turn around sooner than later, trust me.

In the meantime, why not check out a book from my 1,000 books to read list, it would be better than sitting down and watching “Wild Hogs”.