Engel ohne Ketten (1970)

Engel ohne Ketten: Directed by Lee Madden. With Don Stroud, Luke Askew, Larry Bishop, Tyne Daly. Angel is the biker who joins a commune of hippies near a small town. When the town rednecks attack them, Angel calls up some of his bad biker buddies to exact revenge.

“What really struck me about this film was its accuracy in depicting two of the most frequently exploited subcultures of the American 1960u0026#39;s. The Hippies are young middle-class idealists, with no evident skills or systematic approach to philosophy. The bikers are violent degenerates, but not over-the-top barbarians who kill at a momentu0026#39;s notice. Their behavior was so similar to stories and books Iu0026#39;ve read that I wonder if some of the scenes were actually reminiscences of some former Hellu0026#39;s Angel the writer knew. Unfortunately, I never could make out the name of the motorcycle club on the backs of their jackets. It looked like u0026quot;Exiles Nomadsu0026quot;, but what kind of a name is that? Overall, the movie is satisfying, if nothing particularly new. Fits well into the u0026quot;Born Losersu0026quot; category of film, but definitely in a class apart from u0026quot;Satanu0026#39;s Sadistsu0026quot; or u0026quot;Wild Angel.u0026quot;”