Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

1982 · 94 min · EN · PG · 5.1 (43 votes)
Dir. William Dear · Starring Fred Ward, Peter Coyote, L.Q. Jones, Tracey Walter, Richard Masur, Belinda Bauer · Music Michael Nesmith

Lyle Swann is a champion off-road racer. But to the people of 1877, he's something very, very different...

Science FictionWestern

Lyle Swann is a successful off-road racer who mistakenly gets sent back in time 100 years. When a band of outlaws robs Swann of his motorcycle, he's forced to outfox the gangsters and give in to the seductions of a gorgeous local lady. With only his smarts and a map from an Exxon station, Lyle must try to make it out of the Old West alive and find a way back to modern times.

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A bizarre, genre-bending mashup of dusty Westerns and 70s sci-fi. It feels like a fever dream, blending desert grit with anachronistic cool. A wild, if slightly unhinged, ride through time.

grittyadventurouspulpyanachronisticsteady70s/80s exploitationsci-fi westernroad movieman vs. natureanachronismsurvivalromance
mexicoexperimenttime travelrevengeshootoutmotorcycledesertcowboywestern townroad movie
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