Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Seen it?1991 | 98 min | Action, Thriller
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 29% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 6.3 out of 10 from audiences and a box office loss, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved Relay, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect drug use.
It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley and Marlboro decide to help by robbing the crooked bank. But when they accidentally filch a drug shipment, they find themselves on the run from criminal financiers and the mob in this rugged action adventure.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
29% on Rotten Tomatoes, 36 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.3 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$7 million worldwide on a $23 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 109K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Simon Wincer
- Mickey RourkeHarley Davidson
- Don JohnsonRobert Lee Anderson / The Marlboro Man
- Chelsea FieldVirginia Slim
- Daniel BaldwinAlexander
- Giancarlo EspositoJimmy Jiles
- Vanessa WilliamsLulu Daniels
- Robert GintyThom
- Tom SizemoreChance Wilder
- Tia CarrereKimiko
- Julius HarrisOld Man