BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Aaron1375 I saw this film as an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, because chances are if I had never seen it on that show, I never would have watched it. This film is just one of a whole lot of biker films from this era and the only thing that sets it apart from others is that it was riffed by the gang on the satellite of love and that these bikers are not shown riding their motorcycles all that often. Other than those things, this movie is just another low budget biker film with an unappealing cast and a very bad 'hero'. The film at least has a bit of a plot going on and if I want to be kind, it almost has the same plot as Point Break in that it features a gang that is out robbing and they keep getting away with it so someone has to infiltrate their gang; however, I am probably being way too kind to this film. Though it is not quite as bad as other films riffed by the Mystery Science Theater 3000 gang, it is still overall kind of stinky.The story has a race car driver who has an accident at the start of the film. This accident cost him his life savings so he decides to just give it up. He ends up at a bar where he meets a biker gang that has a proposition for him. They want him to essentially drive a get away car during their heists as the cops are getting closer to capturing them. They figure they start using a car rather than their bikes, they may not be fingered quite so fast. The race car driver does not want to do it, but he ends up joining them as he is recruited by the police to infiltrate the gang so that he can give the police updates on their plans.This was a pretty good episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. I prefer when they do horror or science fiction, but this one worked because it was rather fast paced and had lots of riffing material for the gang. The film was a bit more violent than a lot of the fare that they have riffed as the shoot out at the end gets pretty bad. I am surprised they showed so much considering in later episodes they seemed to shy away from showing anything too graphic. The episode featuring the film Squirm comes to mind as that one cut out nearly every bloody scene and decent worm kill except the old man at the farm.So the film is nothing special, but nor is it completely horrid. Just a lot horrid I guess you can say. I doubt there are too many people who have seen the straight film with out MST3K, but probably more so than a film like Skydivers. The film was full of kicks though and it at least moved by at a brisk pace so it had that going for it. Because in retrospect it did not have that many kicks to it.

legwarmers1980 I'm a big fan of Singer Steve Alaimo. Wild Rebel's was his best on-screen performance.Steve plays an "Elvis" type character in this movie. When he's not wiping-out on the drag strip, he's romancing various beautiful women with his singing talents. His two songs in the movie are great! As for his acting; he was excellent playing the role of "hot-shot" racer Rod Tillman.The supporting cast is just as impressive. Former boxing champion Willie Pastrano gives a realistic portrayal of a sadistic and sociopath out-law biker named Banjo. The show was filmed in both Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, and you get to see a lot of the local scenery.Wild Rebels is Steve Alaimo's best film!

Hollywoodcanteen1945 This is a really fun & entertaining film. If you take it for what it is......A "B" Biker Flick, than you will have an enjoyable time. Just sit back, munch on some popcorn, a few soft drinks, a couple of slices of pizza and enjoy!Not much to the whole thing. Steve Alaimo as Rod Tillman, wipes out once too often on the drag strip(That's stock car legend Bobby Brack doing the driving! Cool!), and goes to Trapper John's(neato!) for a few beers(What kind? A cold one! Cosmic!). After dancing(60s style..groovy!!!), singing a quirky number(You Don't Love Me!!!), he meets up with three cycle misfits named Jeeter, Banjo and Fats(Yikes!). Banjo turns out to be ex-pug, slash world boxing champ Willie Pastrano. The Will must of took time out from his promo job plugging milk to make this flick with his pal Alaimo. Anyhow that's about the whole show. Some neato one-liners, some late night singing, some drag strip crashes, a bar-room brawl(Crash! Slam!), and just some all around good fun!

brianve I highly recomend seeing this film if u get the chance. John Vella delivers a fantasic performance. I wish they made more classics such as THE WILD REBELS. The actors worked well together and s. florida is the perfect setting for this movie.