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A Killer Alien Motorcycle Infiltrates A Top Secret Undergrou

Robert I. Hedges | 04/29/2009

(2 out of 5 stars)

""Murdercycle" is an epically stupid and cheap motion picture. The premise is that a meteor falls from outer space near a guy on a dirt bike and he transmogrifies into the murdercycle, making the US defenseless against attack, at least in this one flea-bitten western town.



By way of backstory, Sergeant Kirby is facing severe disciplinary action by the Marine Corps. Despite the obvious negative security ramifications, they pick him to lead a top secret mission to find the murdercycle. There is the obligatory psychic woman love interest angle which, in turn, yields the stupidest psychobabble ever uttered outside of Washington, DC.



All of this is covering up a truly pathetic CIA plot of some vague type, which for budgetary reasons (presumably) occurs in the ghost town of Prairie Dog, Colorado. There are numerous silly plotpoints to be seen: the murdercycle's blood smells like motor oil; an injured Marine is shot because he is in pain; there's a freedom fighter nerd in a barn; and the film ultimately reveals that the "whole area is a hotbed of alien activity." Presumably murdercycles are commonplace there; certainly the government's facilities are first-rate! The film all leads up to a very dramatic ending, which I won't spoil for you. I will, however, tell you that it's as least as stupid, contrived, and predictable as anything I have ever seen in any other film of any genre (and I have seen a lot of grade Z films.)



"Murdercycle" is not a good movie; having said that, it is a good movie to mock, so if you want to have some friends over for a little cinematic cheese, this could be a good choice. If you want to be entertained by a movie that is well crafted or scary (or both,) this is not the film for you."