1979·Comedy·1h 40m
7.1
★
Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston, plans to make money selling records. After his prized motorcycle is stolen, his plans fall through and he's forced to adapt.
Directed by Ted Bafaloukos
jamaica
reggae
rastafarian
motorcycle
Trailer
IMDB
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Cast
Gregory Isaacs
Jah Tooth
Robbie Shakespeare
Robbie
Sandy McLeod
Tourist
Crew
Peter Sova
Director of Photography
Sandy McLeod
Script Supervisor
Monty Diamond
Unit Production Manager
Monty Diamond
Second Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
14 reviews
MaePRO
9.0★ · 06/25/26
Bicycle thieves but it's Jamaica instead of Italy and a motorbike instead of a bicycle and the music is way better
Such a great film, I watched this during the heatwave in london and the vibes were immaculate. Loved the use of diegetic sound and how much colour there was
Such a great film, I watched this during the heatwave in london and the vibes were immaculate. Loved the use of diegetic sound and how much colour there was
Bicycle thieves but it's Jamaica instead of Italy and a motorbike instead of a bicycle and the music is way better
Such a great film, I watched this during the heatwave in london and the vibes were immaculate. Loved the use of diegetic sound and how much colour there was
Such a great film, I watched this during the heatwave in london and the vibes were immaculate. Loved the use of diegetic sound and how much colour there was
Mae Clegg
10.0★ · 06/25/26
Bicycle thieves but it's Jamaica instead of Italy and a motorbike instead of a bicycle and the music is way better
Such a great film, I watched this during the heatwave in london and the vibes were immaculate. Loved the use of diegetic sound and how much colour there was
Such a great film, I watched this during the heatwave in london and the vibes were immaculate. Loved the use of diegetic sound and how much colour there was
Bicycle thieves but it's Jamaica instead of Italy and a motorbike instead of a bicycle and the music is way better
Such a great film, I watched this during the heatwave in london and the vibes were immaculate. Loved the use of diegetic sound and how much colour there was
Such a great film, I watched this during the heatwave in london and the vibes were immaculate. Loved the use of diegetic sound and how much colour there was
Ethan Parker
10.0★ · 04/03/26
Rocked my world
Rocked my world
Ari
10.0★ · 12/05/25
Full of thought provoking contradictions about the interactions between production, ownership, religion, and labor within a postcolonial setting… disco clashes with reggae, fame clashes with poverty, ease clashes with the rigor of production, Rastafarianism clashes with the old guard’s class violence… image is upheld by inequality, justice is served through the resolution of contradiction
When Horsemouth’s bike treks up to work, you think he’s blocking real traffic… with real concert footage, his position within the inner circle is legitimized… it feels like the producers of the film, after making a half-baked concert film, wondered where exactly this image on stage came from and then asked the artists how and why it came about… it’s a very subjective narrative perspective, and I love how the film supplements the frenzy and immersion of the plot with these very objective displays of their conditions… with a lot of these middling reviews citing ‘anthropological value’ and contemporary reviews calling it a shallow visual treat, it appears we still have lots to learn from the transition from an objective exterior shot of a party to a subjective one-er snaking through the depths of a function
When Horsemouth’s bike treks up to work, you think he’s blocking real traffic… with real concert footage, his position within the inner circle is legitimized… it feels like the producers of the film, after making a half-baked concert film, wondered where exactly this image on stage came from and then asked the artists how and why it came about… it’s a very subjective narrative perspective, and I love how the film supplements the frenzy and immersion of the plot with these very objective displays of their conditions… with a lot of these middling reviews citing ‘anthropological value’ and contemporary reviews calling it a shallow visual treat, it appears we still have lots to learn from the transition from an objective exterior shot of a party to a subjective one-er snaking through the depths of a function
Full of thought provoking contradictions about the interactions between production, ownership, religion, and labor within a postcolonial setting… disco clashes with reggae, fame clashes with poverty, ease clashes with the rigor of production, Rastafarianism clashes with the old guard’s class violence… image is upheld by inequality, justice is served through the resolution of contradiction
When Horsemouth’s bike treks up to work, you think he’s blocking real traffic… with real concert footage, his position within the inner circle is legitimized… it feels like the producers of the film, after making a half-baked concert film, wondered where exactly this image on stage came from and then asked the artists how and why it came about… it’s a very subjective narrative perspective, and I love how the film supplements the frenzy and immersion of the plot with these very objective displays of their conditions… with a lot of these middling reviews citing ‘anthropological value’ and contemporary reviews calling it a shallow visual treat, it appears we still have lots to learn from the transition from an objective exterior shot of a party to a subjective one-er snaking through the depths of a function
When Horsemouth’s bike treks up to work, you think he’s blocking real traffic… with real concert footage, his position within the inner circle is legitimized… it feels like the producers of the film, after making a half-baked concert film, wondered where exactly this image on stage came from and then asked the artists how and why it came about… it’s a very subjective narrative perspective, and I love how the film supplements the frenzy and immersion of the plot with these very objective displays of their conditions… with a lot of these middling reviews citing ‘anthropological value’ and contemporary reviews calling it a shallow visual treat, it appears we still have lots to learn from the transition from an objective exterior shot of a party to a subjective one-er snaking through the depths of a function
Monica S
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