Completing a feature film, whether it be a big-budget studio backed blockbuster or a shoestring budget indie, is always a tremendous feat. If you’re working on the shoestring scale it’s clearly a much more difficult task and requires a lot of hard work and ambition. Making a no budget biker film requires another level of ambition that I can’t even comprehend. Director Jeremy Garner may know a thing or two about that, however.

Garner’s newest film, his debut feature I believe, All Hell Breaks Loose, is a fantastic gore-filled bike trip that harkens back to the biker flicks of the 70’s.

The story is about Satan’s Sinners, a motorcycle gang from hell, who kidnap the wife of a newly wed couple and kill her husband, Nick. What this gang doesn’t realize is that this husband is quite relentless. After being brought back to life by God in the form of a cowboy, Nick sets out to track the Sinners down and save his young wife.

As you might have guessed, Nick’s first attempt doesn’t go too well. He finds Satan Sinner’s hanging out at a bar and walks in like a total badass. Problem is that Nick isn’t a badass, at least not yet. As a result he is promptly murdered yet again. Fortunately for Nick, Cowboy God is back to resurrect him once more and give him another go at Satan’s Sinners.

Each time Nick goes back he starts to get a little better than before and eventually begins to bring help along with him. These constant mini battles all build up to a blood soaked finale that will leave every exploitation fan giddy with excitement and joy. All Hell Breaks Loose really is an aptly named movie that delivers on it’s title.

Along with capturing all of the elements that make the grindhouse films from the 70’s such a pleasure, All Hell Breaks Loose does have some of the same flaws. In a lot of these films you usually have to deal with at least one character that is just too far over the top, and this is coming from a guy who loves when actors go over the top, that he becomes a bit annoying. AHBL has a bit of that in the form of an Elvis-obsessed biker that just really irked me for some reason. I don’t know why, but I didn’t like him. This is a very minor issue that in no way takes away from the fun of film.

I took a few notes during the movie that I wanted to highlight. The intro and title sequence are both awesome. This is underrated key to making an exploitation film. I counted what I believe to be 2.5 head explosions. A solid number for sure. A lot of characters have interesting names, the most interesting being Pedophile Pete, named so because of the high number of pedophiles he killed while in prison. Not sure that’s a great name for someone who hates pedophiles.

AHBL has some very fun dialogue and lines that really stand out. “Thirstier than a child molester in hell” and “Two on one? Now that’s not fair, unless you’re talking about sex,” are two of the better ones. As great as both those lines are though, they have nothing on my personal favorite: “why is it so hard to cut circles with a knife?” Have you ever tried to cut circles with a knife? Pure torture.

All Hell Breaks Loose is an awesomely good time. When you have bikers, a sex-thirsty priest, and 2.5 head explosions, what more do you need?

All Hell Breaks Loose is out now on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing.