Linbeymusol
Wonderful character development!
Dorathen
Better Late Then Never
Rio Hayward
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Lechuguilla
What a hoot! Typical juvenile delinquency flick from the 1950s, "The Choppers" entertains as a campy and amusingly preachy movie about the horrors of teens gone bad. A pompous, middle-age "on the scene" reporter, played by Arch Hall, Sr., gushes in-your-face vigilance to parents, to keep their teen boys on the straight and narrow, lest they degenerate into hoodlums behind bars.Bad B&W lighting, bad sound, bad acting, cardboard sets, and film direction slightly better than Ed Wood convey the impression that almost anyone can make a movie, if they have about twenty bucks. And dig that dialogue, daddy-o, straight out of 1950s hips-ville.The "star" actor, Arch Hall, Jr. plays the leader of a gang of rowdies that steal parts off of abandoned cars. And at one point he sings a little tune called "Monkey In My Hatband", which is great in that the song helps distract us from the actual film.In the first five minutes, we get to see a 1959 Cadillac convertible, with those huge tail fins and sleek fender skirts ... what a boat! And as the "plot" moves along we learn that in those days, you could buy a taco or tamale for 15 cents.No, "The Choppers" is not a good movie. But it's kinda fun, if you watch it in the proper frame of mind. Viewers who pine for those awful 1950s drive-in flicks produced on a shoestring budget will find much to smile about with this one.
CLEO-8
For a movie that rhymes "Monkeys in my Hatband" with "I can do a handstand" for the lead character's big song, this movie was pretty good.It's a movie with a moral that if parents don't look out for their kids they will start stealing car parts and shoot a bunch of cops. Does anybody know what he meant by "Monkeys in my hatband"?I don't get it. Perhaps watching this movie on the roof of a supermarket in center city Philadelphia made it a bit more entertaining.I hope that Arch Hall Jr. is one day recognized as the genius he is.
Michael O'Keefe
This movie is so bad it is fun to watch. Typical story about teens gone bad. A group of young men, with nothing better to do, steal cars to strip for parts. Attempts to even rock 'n' roll falls laughingly flat. No stars, but participating in this mess are:Arch Hall Jr., Robert Paget, Bruno VeSota and Marianne Gaba.
bux
And yet another of those oh sooo bad affairs from Hall and son. In this one, a young hot-rod enthusiast becomes involved with car thieves working at a 'chop' shop-hence the title. There IS a neat game you and friends can play with this one: count how many continuity errors you can spot. You'll be high in double digits, IF you make it to the end of this one.(Hint:watch for a police cruiser that changes from a Ford to a Plymouth and back again!)
