A few days ago I watched The Sidehackers (aka Five the Hard Way). What a piece of work that was.
A “sidehack” is a motorcycle with a steel cage welded on to the back and side that a second person hangs on to and moves around to help the motorcycle take corners faster. There weren’t more than maybe two race scenes in the whole movie! The basic story is about a guy that works on sidehacks, is asked to repair a motorcycle by a local gangster, and gets tangled up in his gangsterly goings-on. His girlfriend gets killed, and he sets out to get revenge on the gangster. In the end, he gets the better of the gangster, beats the tar out of him, you hear police sirens approaching, then the gangster grabs a gun and shoots the hero in the back. The end. No, really. That’s how it ended.
I rate this movie 74 empty seats—one seat for each minute of my life I’ll never get back (the movie is 82 minutes long), minus 10% for the stupid ending.