ShangLuda Admirable film.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

nibha1281 You don't need much of a story-line or other talented cast members if you cast Marlon Brando in a movie. This movie is all about his charisma, screen presence, marvelous expressions, that awesome leather jacket & bike gangs. Honestly, I came across this movie while I was searching for biker's leather jacket. When I found out Marlon was the one who set its trend, I fell in love with that jacket even more. Lets get to the movie. Mary Murphy did really good with her character. Others were good too. You cannot expect much from a 1953 movie. The attitude shown by Johnny towards women may not be relevant in this era. But that is what defined rowdy bikers in that era & Brando captures the essence of it with ease. The smile in the last scene says it all :)P.S. This movie is for fans of Brando & those who like the bike gangs & that iconic leather jacket.

Dalbert Pringle (Movie quote) - "What do you hicks do around here for kicks?" Meet Brando's character, Johnny Strabler, a 29 year-old, lard-assed, delinquent who (get this!) not only thinks he's a real tough-guy (and a total hep-cat, too), but, he's also the gang leader of "B.R.M.C." (which stands for "Black Rebel Motorcycle Club")..... (Now, ain't that cute?) Of course, 1953's The Wild One was all about Marlon Brando. But, unfortunately, I found this "original-outlaw-biker-film" to be a rather feeble attempt to showcase Brando's apparent on-screen virility and animal magnetism.As I carefully studied Brando up close, I quickly began to see that he and his drawing power (viewed 60+ years later) was all a big facade and his so-called "cool" came across to me as being only lukewarm, at best.Besides finding the hip-lingo spoken in this film, by the biker boys, to be ridiculously laughable for the most part, as well as the story's opening "warning" to be downright demented - I also thought that the deliberate attention that was repeatedly being paid to "the trophy" (which everyone seemed to be grabbing for) almost defied logical comprehension.This whole business with the trophy reminded me of the repeated use of the word "rosebud" in "Citizen Kane" (which was in reference to Marion Davis's clitoris) - While here in "The Wild One", the trophy (which was clearly fashioned like an erect phallus) was a subliminal representation of Brando's manhood (aka. penis)..... No?

Scott LeBrun Here we have THE original biker cinema classic that predated "Easy Rider" by a good decade and a half. Marlon Brando, all swaggering cool, delivers an iconic performance as Johnny, leader of the B.R.M.C. (Black Rebels Motorcycle Club). Johnny and friends come to a small town to raise some Hell; he becomes quite taken with local girl Kathie Bleeker (Mary Murphy), and she with him.Although Johnny is no innocent, and does have a role to play in the events that get out of hand, it becomes clear that he's also not the Devil that hostile and intolerant citizens make him out to be."The Wild One" does firmly date itself in some ways. The dialogue is very much of the time, and the antics of these biker clubs are not as scuzzy as some people might like to see. This is not a biker film for those people who enjoy the exploitative low budget pictures that came out in the wake of "Easy Rider". After a while, it becomes clear that there's not that much of a story here, as a lot of mayhem and destruction takes up the running time. But then, this is just as much of a character study as it is a motorcycle movie.Our main character is something of an enigma. While ostensibly a rebel in outright defiance of every accepted societal norm, he's also a guy who's really not that sure of himself, a guy still in search of an identity. Scenes late in the film with Johnny and Kathie are the real standouts.The excellent cast also includes Robert Keith as Kathie's dad, a surprisingly laid back lawman who doesn't seem to be that cut out for his job, and who is willing to give our gang some amount of leeway. Lee Marvin steals his scenes as rival gang leader Chino. It's also fun to see people like Timothy Carey, Alvy Moore, Jerry Paris, and Bruno VeSota in small, uncredited roles.Nicely shot (by Hal Mohr) and scored (by Leith Stevens), "The Wild One" does merit a viewing for film buffs.Seven out of 10.

ebiros2 Otherwise a forgettable movie, totally transformed by Marlon Brando.Johnny (Marlon Brando) rides with his gang into a quiet little town inhabited by all right, but rather quaint, and parochial minded folks. On top of his gang, another group of bikers headed by Lee Marvin arrives in town just as a coincidence. All of them are not about behave as good citizens, and the two mixes up into an explosive chemistry. Johnny is kind of keeping good manners, but since he's the boss, he gets singled out to face the blunt end of the supposedly good fellas of town.This seemingly simple story gets high voltage boost by the presence of Marlon Brando. I was born after he was famous already, so I didn't rediscover Marlon Brando until recently. He was good in the God Father, but his performance from the '50s is simply off the chart. Brando was labeled a rebel, but when I see him, he's one of the most grounded person in Hollywood. His sensibility comes through in this movie's character, and you can't help but agreeing with the character Brando plays. Maybe that's the magic he had. A movie worth watching only because Marlon Brando is playing the lead. If he wasn't in it I doubt if the movie even worth 4/10. But this movie is superb, and deserves 8/10 because of Brando's performance.