"The wild one"

'The wild one' with Marlon Brando - even nowadays some movie characters' styles are inspired by Johnny.

This movie tells the story about a young and wild group of motorcyclists without any inhibitions. It's based on the real story that took place on 4 of July 1947 in a small town called Hollister. The film was directed by László Benedek and first shown 30 of December 1953 in USA. The main character, which is played by Marlon Brando, makes the movie popular. Johnny's style became an icon for people and other film characters.

It starts with a scene where boisterous bikers, led by Johnny Strabler ( Marlon Brando ), invade the small town in California during the motor race. We can already see that they will cause lots of trouble. Lack of work makes this group of boys only drink beer and riot. After the second gang comes to the same place, the level of aggression of both teams rises very rapidly. They start using violence to compete with each other, which quickly begins to annoy the people living in town who respond with the same behavior.

One of the 'Black Rebels' steals the 2nd place trophy and gives it to Johnny, who when later asked, pretends that he won it. Even if this prize doesn't mean anything to him it makes people believe in his leadership. But Johnny still seems to be a bit lost, without any real aim in life. His character is very mysterious because he is trying not to show his true feelings. He doesn't enjoy answering questions but if he eventually does, it's always in a brief way. We find out a lot about him when he finally becomes interested in the police officer's daughter. At the end of the film there is a very important scene where he presents his trophy to this girl to thank her. This kind of behavior shows us change in Johnny, a slow personal opening. 

I really enjoyed this film. And I recommend it for those who are into old-school because it is not for everybody. I wasn't even surprised when I went to the auditorium to see this film and saw few people. Nowadays 'we' prefer more commercial films with good special effects and an easy plot. Nonetheless in my opinion 'The wild one' take us back in time to the  50's, compels us to think, and shows differences in today's world. It's worth spending an hour and a half watching this movie.