Uriah43 After spending most of his money and two years of effort working on his stock car, "Rod Tillman" (Steve Alaimo) wipes out at the race track and pretty much loses everything. Terribly disappointed he sells his trailer and essentially becomes a down-and-out drifter. One night he ventures into a bar and meets a small biker gang called "Satan's Angels" who offer him a chance to earn some money by being the getaway driver for a job they have planned. Although he is rather reluctant at first a police detective by the name of "Lt. Dorn" (Walter Philbin) asks him to take the job in order to help the police finally nab these guys. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that it had a decent plot but the execution left much to be desired. I say this because the actions of the bikers were just too reckless and bizarre to be believed and the longer the film played the more unrealistic it got. Even so it wasn't all bad and there is some entertainment value to be had if a person can somehow disregard some of the more ludicrous scenes. Accordingly, I rate it as just slightly below average.

Scott_Mercer Not the worst movie I've ever seen, and certainly not the worst outlaw biker movie ever made, by a long shot.But still, what is there to recommend this flick? I guess if you have to see every Biker Film from the classic period, 1966-73, then you could check it out. I suppose if you are a fan of low budget regional filmmaking from Florida. If you like shots of old NASCAR races. If you like footage of old mid-Century tiki bars. All of these baroque and obscure interests may be sufficient motivation for you to allow this 80 minutes of chaff to play out before your eye.But if you are a fan of interesting plots, original writing, or accomplished directing, there's nothing here to recommend. The characters are very difficult to care about, are poorly drawn, and Steve Alaimo isn't even that compelling, as a B-movie star OR as a rock and roller.I understand that this was originally made for the 1967 drive-in theater market, and this type of stuff was right up the alley of that crowd in that time period. But even in that genre, there are much better examples to be had, ones that are still entertaining, even 40 years later.I have not seen the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version, but I will have to track that down. I'm sure that's quite funny.In summary, a bad movie, but not so bad that it's entertaining. If you a biker film fanatic, you may wish to torture yourself. Otherwise, skip it.

bensonmum2 If you decide to watch Wild Rebels, don't expect anything deep and meaningful. If you're looking for a film that explores the relationships and structure of a motorcycle gang, Wild Rebels is the wrong movie. If you're looking for an expose on the breakdown of the American educational system and the problem of juvenile delinquency, Wild Rebels is the wrong movie. If you're looking for a movie that examines how undermanned rural police departments are when facing a well-financed, well-organized gang, Wild Rebels is the wrong movie. But if you're looking for an absurd movie filled with scene after scene of unintentional humor, horrendous acting, a paper-thin plot, and community theater style production values, Wild Rebels is the right movie.Wild Rebels is the story of a down-on-his-luck stock-car driver named Rod Tillman (Steve Alaimo). After a fiery crash (which Rod walks away from completely unscathed despite having only a cotton pants and a London Fog style jacket for protection), Rod decides to give it up. With no plan for his future other than to wander aimless through the back-roads of the South, he stumbles on the Satan's Angels motorcycle gang (a gang being three of the stupidest guys to ever zip up a leather jacket and a woman they seem to share). This group of hoodlums spends their time terrorizing a rural town in Florida by committing such atrocities as stealing a newspaper from a neighbor's mailbox. These bumbling idiots need someone to act as their driver during some larger crimes they have planned. Apparently, these three Einsteins can only drive vehicles with two tires, not four. So they recruit Rod to perform feats of daring that only an experienced stunt driver would be capable of like keeping the car in the middle of a gravel road during a low-speed chase. Eventually, they hold-up a bank, get into the aforementioned low-speed chase, and have the lamest gun battle with the police ever put on film. I could go on forever, but you get the idea.I hate the term "so bad it's good", but that seems to aptly describe Wild Rebels.

Rob_Taylor Oh dear! Oh dear! Oh dear!To think that films such as this were made, and probably enjoyed by thousands at drive-ins really boggles the mind. How innocent we were in those days.To put it bluntly, this film is crap. The hero is so wet you can hear his squishy damp footsteps in every scene. My Lord, but he's just one of a whole slew of awful, awful actors that appear in this turkey. No wonder MST3K picked it. The story, such as it is, centres around a stock car driver (who is so incompetent, you really believe it is the actor driving the car) that he gives up and "gets in with the wrong crowd" Oooooh! Scary stuff. However, the wrong crowd turn out to be the biker equivalent of The Three Stooges and their "hand-me round" slut of a biker chick. As an example of how lame this whole thing is, the writers obviously wracked their brains to come up with a frightening name for the biker gang - if four people can be called a gang, that is. The result? The gang is called Satan's Angels! I kid you not.Such dire acting and dialogue, along with ridiculous scenes, make for a wonderful beer and chips movie. But otherwise its just the worst kind of rubbish.As I said. Once, this may have been considered good. But today it just makes you laugh (and cringe) with every minute that goes by. Avoid it except for a good laugh. And make sure you're more than half-drunk too!