Grossly underrated dark and moody circa 1950's biker film with leading actor Willem Dafoe as biker Vance and the too hot to handle biker chick Tina L'Hotsky as Sportster Debbie. Vance gets tied up with two of the local chicks, the abused daughter Telena (Marin Kanter) and the bored local diner waitress Augusta ( Elizabeth Gans). I was so impressed with Elizabeth Gans performance that I became curious as to her other performances only to find out Ms. Gans was a one trick pony and we will never get to see her seductively strip down to her tightie whities and dance for the biker boys ever again. That is unfortunate because the few scenes Ms. Gans appeared in she lit up the screen with her sex appeal even when just in her waitress uniform.
I can't say enough about the choice of musical score as it was perfect for establishing that feel for anticipation of what will happen next in the film. As for director Kathryn Bigelow she proved that she belongs in the midst of Academy Award winning directors (2008 The Hurt Locker) with this early career credit as both writer and director.
Actors Dafoe, Kanter and Gans I give them top marks and I would have rated the film a 10 but yet I have to also consider the less than stellar performances by Robert Gordon and Danny Rosen as two of the band of bikers whose lackluster attempt at playing chicken with their switch blade took away the momentum that Dafoe and Kanter had sustained. No wonder neither Gordon nor Rosen continued very long with their acting careers. Yet I wonder why Ms. Gans chose to hang up her acting credentials after delivering such a magnetic premiere performance in The Loveless.
Some of the other IMDb reviewers complained there was too much talking and not enough action but kudos to director Kathryn Bigelow who combined a great musical score with scenes that left her audience anticipating what will happen next.
I intend to add The Loveless to my personal film library and I rate it a more than deserving 9 out of 10 IMDb rating.
I can't say enough about the choice of musical score as it was perfect for establishing that feel for anticipation of what will happen next in the film. As for director Kathryn Bigelow she proved that she belongs in the midst of Academy Award winning directors (2008 The Hurt Locker) with this early career credit as both writer and director.
Actors Dafoe, Kanter and Gans I give them top marks and I would have rated the film a 10 but yet I have to also consider the less than stellar performances by Robert Gordon and Danny Rosen as two of the band of bikers whose lackluster attempt at playing chicken with their switch blade took away the momentum that Dafoe and Kanter had sustained. No wonder neither Gordon nor Rosen continued very long with their acting careers. Yet I wonder why Ms. Gans chose to hang up her acting credentials after delivering such a magnetic premiere performance in The Loveless.
Some of the other IMDb reviewers complained there was too much talking and not enough action but kudos to director Kathryn Bigelow who combined a great musical score with scenes that left her audience anticipating what will happen next.
I intend to add The Loveless to my personal film library and I rate it a more than deserving 9 out of 10 IMDb rating.