Supervan
Once in a while there comes a film whose existence is utterly inexplicable. Whose only explanation can be an amalgamation of desperation, incompetence, and a total lack of shame combined with severe substance abuse problems. Such is Supervan. My only guess is that Supervan is the culmination of an eight year long wrap up party for the camera crew of Easy Rider. I can imagine those hairy hipsters high fiving eachother drunk on quaaludes and the success of Easy Rider. Piling into righteous vans blaring Cream and Abba enjoying the bohemian life on the 20k each of them made off of the film. And during the course of these Merry Pranksterish debaucheries the unprotected sex with ugly strangers, the lsd laced kool aid, and neverending drug buffets, the idea for an iconic vanner culture movie was born. An idea likely followed by an eruption of hacking as it's conciever choked on an entirely too huge to handle hit from his bong.
Looking at the movie poster you can see all you would expect out of an iconic vanner culture film: babes, cop chases, fist fights, lasers... lasers? Really lasers? Yes, Supervan has lasers and their use is the greatest moment in this mess of a film. The next question is of course about the eye candy in the upper right corner, and the answer is no the cast of this film does not look so good. In fact they look exactly like
these people. This is a film that explores the obsessions of middle aged men in the seventies over their righteous customized mobile drug and sex dens. Conflict is introduced via the righteous vanners natural enemies bikers and squares. In between confusing chase scenes and laserblasts there is an equally confusing van rally that culminates in a contest over which van can go up a muddy hill the farthest which is followed by a wet tshirt contest with ugly women and their equally putrid but more hairy boyfriends or dads (not clear which). All of this culminates with the final humiliation of the movie's main villain who is some kind of used car dealer or something. Anyway he's an old white guy who runs around in a grey suit.
This film is such a disaster of confusing, idiotic, and inconsistent hipster pathos, ethos and nostalgia that it was dated even when it was current.
Pros: Supervan is solar powered and shoots lasers! Romance between ugly people in the seventies! Supervan shoots lasers!
Cons: Romance between ugly people in the seventies!