
Walter Becker (NATIONAL LAMPOON VAN WILDER) directs this tale of four friends who hit the open road Woody (John Travolta) Doug (Tim Allen) Bobby (Martin Lawrence) & Dudley (William H Macy) are middle-aged suburbanite buddies stuck in a rut Doug a dentist yearns for respect from his pre-teen son & everyone else in his life Bobby is a henpecked husband & unhappy plumber Computer programmer Dudley is a flop with the ladies & Woody who seemed to have it all has just lost everything Each weekend the foursome takes to the streets of Cincinnati on their motorcycles as the ' Wild Hogs' With his world secretly falling apart Woody hits on an idea a ' Wild Hogs' road trip to the Pacific Coast Soon the four are embarking on the adventure of their lives But when they stumble upon a roadside dive in New Mexico filled with 'real' bikers & raise the ire of Jack (Ray Liotta) who is the leader of the Del Fuegos the Wild Hogs discover that they are in for a greater adventure than they expected including a showdown in the sleepy New Mexico town of Madrid Travolta Allen Lawrence & Macy have fun here from the verbal barbs to the physical comedy & Liotta works surprisingly well as a 'real' biker who is disgusted & insulted by these weekenders The perpetually effervescent Marisa Tomei appears as a Madrid local who catches Dudley eye & John C Mc Ginley is an overly enthusiastic highway patrolman repeatedly encountered by the foursome Watch for an all too brief appearance from EASY RIDER star Peter Fonda & an amusing segment from Ty Pennington of EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER Despite the star power in this film which was shot on location in New Mexico it the custom bikes & open road that really shine