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For the episode, see MST3K 202 - The Side Hackers.

Plot

The film centers around Rommel, a mechanic/sidehack-style racer, who turns down the offer of J.C., a hot-tempered entertainer, to join his act after J.C. witnesses a sidehack race for the first time. During this time, J.C.'s abused girlfriend, Paisley, falls for Rommel and attempts to seduce him. He rejects her advances and sends her away crying.

Later, when J.C. and his crew return to their hotel, they find Paisley drunk and her clothes tattered, claiming that Rommel raped her. Angered, J.C. and his gang beat Rommel unconscious and kill his fiancee, Rita. Rommel then spends the rest of the movie plotting his revenge against J.C., who goes into hiding from the police.

After both Rommel and J.C.'s men have killed each other (while two of Rommel's men escaped on a sidehack bike), the two men brawl. When Rommel manages to gain the upper hand, he elects to walk away when the police are about to arrive, but J.C. picks up a gun and shoots Rommel from behind. The last images of the film are a flashback of Rommel and his fiancee rolling about in a grassy field, superimposed over a shot of Rommel's dead body.

Cast

Notes

  • Goldie Hawn (who was the wife of director Gus Trikonis at the time) appears as an uncredited extra spectator at the race in the beginning of the film. She had auditioned earlier for the role of Paisely.
  • The principal shooting for this film was done on weekends.
  • Directorial debut of Gus Trikonis.
  • Mike Curb wrote the music and all of the songs for the film.

References

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