''Easy Wheels'' is a 1989 American comedy film directed by David O'Malley and written by Ivan Raimi,

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(credited as Celia Abrams, the name of his mother), and O'Malley.

Plot

The story is a satire of the

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genre. It follows two biker gangs, one male and one female. The male biker gang are the "Born Losers". They are good guys with three missions in life: Find the evil, Destroy the evil, and find a really great lite beer. Their leader, played by

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, has visions because of a steel plate in his head. He is being studied by one of his fellow bikers from MIT. The female biker gang are the "Women of the Wolf". Their leader, played by Eileen Davidson, was abandoned by her parents and raised by wolves. She plans to create a new generation of fearless independent women by kidnapping baby girls and taking them to the woods to be raised by wolves. Male babies are sold on the black market. In the inevitable clash, the leader of the "Woman of the Wolf" must choose between the attraction she feels for the leader of the Born Losers, and the culmination of her allegedly feminist ideals. Mark Holton also appeared in the film.

References

1989 action comedy films 1989 films American action comedy films Films shot in California Films with screenplays by Ivan Raimi Films with screenplays by Sam Raimi Outlaw biker films 1980s English-language films Films directed by David O'Malley 1980s American films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub