The Wild One

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Bookies B @BookiesBeat Jan 7 The "hip" lingo the bikers speak seems comical. In the scene where they berate the old man for not getting with the times, they themselves come off as old men trying to get with the times. See more Mark B @Thelaser555 Oct 12 Iconic, brilliant, captivating. Marlon Brando makes this his movie from the very start. Every word, every movement, the viewer is on his side even if they don't want to be. Drawn into Brando's web. The brooding, the swagger, the insolent stares, the silences, the body language.....Brando uses all his phenomenal acting skills for all to see. The Wild One is about the truculent rebel who just wants to do the opposite of what 'normal folk' do. Johnny (Brando) and his gang turn a bleak, no-hope American town upside down and tries its hardest to give it a good shaking into the new, emerging post War era of America where Johnny's 'sort' just want to have some fun and not have to conform. The sheriff's daughter (Kathie Bleeker) who is stuck in a rut working as a waitress in the local bar/restaurant falls for Brando and visa-versa but both are too proud to admit it while the locals try to frame Brando for murder. It's all great stuff with Brando's gang emerging as heroes.....which is why the film was initially banned in several countries, including the UK and parts of the USA. See more Will G @Kingofthepixies 02/10/2025 One of my favourite movies. Very dated but that's half the charm. See more Wayne K @RT88290232 08/15/2024 It’s not an exaggeration to say that Marlon Brando exploded onto the movie scene in the 1950s, essentially rewriting the acting rulebook and inspiring a whole new generation to give it a shot. His role in The Wild One might not be his most acclaimed, but its easily one of his most iconic. It’s a movie that came out at exactly the right time. Any earlier and it might have been dismissed as ridiculous; any later and it may have been written off as dated and passé. But being released during the era of the American teen cult, it did for bikers and bike gangs what Rebel Without A Cause did for street racers. Brando is a commanding presence onscreen, and here we can see the germ of Stanley Kowalski, though by his own admission he played this role with more sensitivity and sympathy than the script contained. It’s a film concerned with the generational divide, with violence and unrest, and the need to pin the ills and woes of society onto any group that dares to stand out and not follow the exact letter of the law. You can see the metaphors about division and abuse of power in the characters, from the rowdy but mostly harmless biker gangs to the lawmen who are either too cowardly or under the thumb to enact any kind of meaningful authority. The romance at its heart never goes as far as you’d think it would, and you see the characters grapple with their truest feelings while doing their best to repress them. Rebel Without A Cause might have been the contemporary teenager’s cultural flashpoint, but never forget The Wild One did it first. See more Lanfranco C @Lanfrancobz 07/01/2024 Marlon is great in a good movie! See more Alejandro E @Alex970 05/31/2024 One of the films that started the trend of the young rebel against authority and the system, with an incipient Marlon Brando, in one of his signature roles. Absorbing throughout its 81 minutes, which are unfortunately little for something so good. See more Read all reviews

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