"Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" is what I call a true classic. Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson made this movie so g
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lastironman — 18 years ago(July 07, 2007 01:43 PM)
Great movie indeed! This is the kind of movie only a "man's man" can appreciate. Everyone else are movie reviewers who write negative reviews for newspapers, websites and magazines - people who cannot relate to the characters in this movie in any way.
It's a buddy movie, a heist movie, and action-adventure, and a comedy all wrapped in one package. Not one of these characteristics outweigh the other at any given time during the film.
As I've said, only a Man's man can fully appreciate this movie. Everyone else either hates it, or just thinks it's cheesy. Most women I know think of it as "Well, it's just another one of those silly guy movies." It's far deeper than that
It's very subtle, but there are undertones and messages about friendship, loyalty and obligation, particularly to a guy's fellow male friends. Case in point: There is a scene in the movie where Harley and Marlboro escape the bad guys and get on a train (hobo style). They have the money and they disabled the tracking device that enables the "suits" to find then wherever they are. For all intents and purposes, the movie could have ended right there! They have the money, their lives, and no way for the bad guys to find them. But out of Friendship, Loyalty and Obligation, Marlboro decides to turn back and have a final battle with the suits. Harley is a bit more reluctent at this point, until Marlboro recites the first commandment of the Macho Guy Philosophy: "It's better to be dead and cool, than alive and uncool." A quotation Harley said himself near the beginning of the film.
The showdown takes place in an airplane graveyard, a setting I always found unusual until I read here on imdb where someone said they thought it was a metaphor for Harley and Marlboro themselves. Like the planes, HD and MM were the last of a dying breed. I'd like to think that was the case, that would certainly explain the setting.
But all does not end well. They never accomplished what they set out to do (save the bar) and Marlboro didnt get the girl (what guy cant relate to that?!). This is a great movie. I dont mean in a "trashy" or "low budget" kind of way. It's a great movie period! It deserved far more respect than it got. -
gqtaste — 18 years ago(January 09, 2008 08:44 PM)
They simply don't make'em like this anymore. Two top leading men that were cool as hell. These guys today couldn't match their charisma of one of their dumps. My senior year in high school was '92 and after watching it again tonight on encore I forgot how I had most of the lines memerized.
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PoorlyEquipped — 17 years ago(December 16, 2008 06:19 AM)
I remember recording this movie a few months ago. Watched it, and like an idiot, deleted it. Waited 6 months for it to come on again. But its staying on for good
I love this movie. The only thing that I dont really like is the acting from Tom Sizemore in a few scenes, but I think the rest of the movie makes up for it.
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MaxMix7 — 12 years ago(October 14, 2013 10:04 PM)
I remember seeing the preview for this at the cinemas, but i never got to see it for reasons unknown.. Now years have passed and i stumbled upon it by mere chance. I thought it was awesome, never a dull moment. I was also surprised to see on how it was not cheesy as i was expecting it to be. Luckily i ignored the rating of 5.6/10 and gave it my own of 7/10.
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el_amigo_amiguito — 10 years ago(November 07, 2015 02:49 PM)
I had this movie in VHS and rewatched -between male friends only, because every girl in my life hated this kind of macho/buddy movies- until the tape got screwed years later got the DVD until I lend it to a friend who disappeared.
Lot of years ago, before this movie got released, I saw on TV an interview with the director and actors, showing the making off. From time to time I remember how cool the characters, dialog, man partnership and the action sequences were.
I'm leaving this message because for wildly chance, just last night got the chance to see this movie again, and I was as pleased and entertained as the first time I saw it. In this movie you have some of the last action heroes of our lifetime. Obviously, this movie won't please everybody, mainly because is oriented/recommended only to real, old school men.