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''The Sidehackers'' (aka ''Five The Hard Way'') is a 1969 [[Exploitation Film]] which follows the attempts of a garage mechanic and amateur motorcycle racer to avenge the rape and murder of his girlfriend. |
''The Sidehackers'' (aka ''Five The Hard Way'') is a 1969 [[Exploitation Film]] which follows the attempts of a garage mechanic and amateur motorcycle racer to avenge the rape and murder of his girlfriend. |
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The trouble starts when one JC and his gang bring their motorcycles to be repaired by the film's hero, Rommel. The topic of conversation turns to "sidehacking", which is basically a motorcycle race with sidecars (ostensibly for balance while turning). Rommel invites them all to his ranch to see a demonstration of this sidehacking; and JC gets totally into it, desiring to form a partership of sorts. Rommel, for reasons unspecified, is not too keen on this idea, and JC gives us a first glimpse at his [[Berserk Button|hair-trigger temper]] (further developed in a later scene in which JC [[Domestic Abuse|beats up his girlfriend Paisley]]). |
The trouble starts when one JC and his gang bring their motorcycles to be repaired by the film's hero, Rommel. The topic of conversation turns to "sidehacking", which is basically a motorcycle race with sidecars (ostensibly for balance while turning). Rommel invites them all to his ranch to see a demonstration of this sidehacking; and JC gets totally into it, desiring to form a partership of sorts. Rommel, for reasons unspecified, is not too keen on this idea, and JC gives us a first glimpse at his [[Berserk Button|hair-trigger temper]] (further developed in a later scene in which JC [[Domestic Abuse|beats up his girlfriend Paisley]]). |
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[[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|Can't you feel the joy of life just OOZING through your veins right now???]] |
[[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|Can't you feel the joy of life just OOZING through your veins right now???]] |
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For the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' version, please go to the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S02 |
For the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' version, please go to the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S02/E02 The Sidehackers|episode recap page]]. |
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=== ''[[The Sidehackers]]'' contains examples of: === |
=== ''[[The Sidehackers]]'' contains examples of: === |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Any time JC doesn't get his way. |
* [[Berserk Button]]: Any time JC doesn't get his way. |
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* [[Brick Joke]]: ''Very'' poorly executed. A biker is telling a joke involving prisoners shouting numbers at random. The numbers stand for jokes the prisoners already know. The next guy after him starts to tell a joke, but the first one stops him and tells him he knows that one already. [[Memetic Mutation|"That's a number 5!"]] |
* [[Brick Joke]]: ''Very'' poorly executed. A biker is telling a joke involving prisoners shouting numbers at random. The numbers stand for jokes the prisoners already know. The next guy after him starts to tell a joke, but the first one stops him and tells him he knows that one already. [[Memetic Mutation|"That's a number 5!"]] |
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* [[Domestic Abuse]]: JC to Paisley. |
* [[Domestic Abuse]]: JC to Paisley. |
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* [[Downer Ending]], bordering on [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]. |
* [[Downer Ending]], bordering on [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]. |
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* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: JC. Ain't that right? WELL? AIN'T IT?! AIN'T IT RIGHT?! |
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: JC. Ain't that right? WELL? AIN'T IT?! AIN'T IT RIGHT?! |
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* [[Strength Equals Worthiness]]: How Rommel recruits bodybuilder "Big Jake" to his gang - kinda. |
* [[Strength Equals Worthiness]]: How Rommel recruits bodybuilder "Big Jake" to his gang - kinda. |
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* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Rommel won't allow his Vengeance Gang to use guns, even though he knows JC's men will. His gang feels differently. |
* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Rommel won't allow his Vengeance Gang to use guns, even though he knows JC's men will. His gang feels differently. |
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* [[Third Person Person]]: |
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{{quote|'''Big Jake:''' (after Rommel hits him) "He hit Big Jake!"}} |
{{quote|'''Big Jake:''' (after Rommel hits him) "He hit Big Jake!"}} |
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* [[Together in Death]]: Rommel and Rita...ev-evidently? What ''was'' that? |
* [[Together in Death]]: Rommel and Rita...ev-evidently? What ''was'' that? |
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