I’m not entirely sure why my Sunday morning mind decided to dredge up Bloodrunners, but I’m rather pleased it did.
Bloodrunners was a comic strip written by Andy Sparrow about a group of dispatch riders that couriered body parts. I loved the comic strip, particularly the character Jack Shit, but I have even fonder memories of the Bloodrunners film.
I bought my VHS copy of the Bloodrunners film from Andy himself at the Bike Show circa 1998 or 1999. I remember it costing me £14.95, which at the time was a lot of money – I could fill the tank of my bike three times for that.
I loved the film; it was very silly and yet very cool. I watched it over and over again whilst recovering from a bike crash, waiting for my “Powervalve” to be rebuilt and my broken wrist to heal. I wanted the ZXR 750 that stars as Hoover so much; I loved the colours and the air hoses that fed into the air box and did nothing other than look cool.
The film itself was only 30 minutes long with minimal plot, but lots of wheelies and other bad biking behaviour. Here’s a clip of the first bike scene in the film:
The art critic at the beginning of the clip is played by Andy Sparrow himself.
