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Biker Macbeth
Drama
Film

Nicolas Paine & Christopher Coppola

The classic Shakespearean drama recharged in the chaotic, no holds barred world of biker gangs.

This is a Macbeth like no other. Perhaps the most raw of Shakespeare's plays, our interpretation will push the story to the extreme. The battles will be onscreen. The passions will be intense. The Shakespearean dialogue will be infused with a modern, rock-opera energy. The tragedy of Macbeth -- the story of a noble man who gives in to the powers of his own temptation -- will come to life like never before, roaring with the power of hundreds of motorcycles meeting on a dawn streaked battlefield.

In an indeterminate future time and place we find society crumbling, law & order broken down. Macbeth, fierce warrior in one of the feudalistic biker gangs, listens to mysterious spirits who fuel his dark ambitions. Driven by his ruthless wife, Macbeth murders his own brother Duncan, the gang leader, and seizes power. As rival bikers Banquo and Macduff become suspicious, Macbeth lashes out at them, increasingly afflicted by insane guilt. The course of his actions takes its toll as Macduff launches a rebellion, Macbeth is abandoned by the spirits who misled him and ultimately he succumbs on the battlefield. With his passing there is a sense of promise, the dawning of a new age for this stricken land.