Rad (1986)

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when this movie came out i was fully into freestyle biking and i was so excited to see that a movie about it was coming out. i grew up in ithaca, ny and the state theater in the downtown area had a poster in a lightbox that read "coming soon". that poster seriously sat there out front for at least 2 years if not longer. in the meantime it came out on video and my dad rented it for me to watch on Christmas 1986. i watched it 10 times, i kid you not. i was so stoked for the scene during the credits where they show two freestyle bike dudes tearing it up. if you didn't know who they were, its r.l. osborn for team redline and eddie fiola for team gt(at the time he was pretty much the tony hawk of freestyle biking.)its not the best movie ever. it was definitely "kid tested and mom approved". i was a freestyle dude and i hung out with other freestyle bikers and we all listened to punk and metal which is noticeably absent in the soundtrack. its pretty much a guilty pleasure movie and a trip down memory lane but its worth watching just for the action sequences. the only thing thats pretty terrible is the bike dancing scene at the school dance while the song "send me an angel" plays. as a freestyle bike fan, this scene was mildly offensive to me as no self respecting boy would mock the sport of freestyle biking by dancing with his bike as a mating ritual to woo a girl. pretty corny.

RAD is the first movie i remember ever seeing and since the first moment i saw it, it immediately became (at the time) one of my favorite movies. Between the time i was 7 till the time i was 12 i think i rented this movie every Friday night when my mom took us to the video store, then i did not watch it for a while (13 years and counting). I don't remember when, but sometime during my twenties i started to want to see it again and for the past few years i have been searching for it to own, i went to all the video stores and have been unable to find. This movie is a classic and many people seem to love it. we need to get this put out on DVD asap! It makes me mad that there is a lot of crap out on DVD but not this classic 80's flick that many people grew up watching.

Rad (1986) is a really good movie, brings back memories of the 80's BMX craze, this is by far the best BMX movie made, BMX Bandits sucked!! The story is about this local BMX rider Cru Jones who enters a top class BMX competition called "HELLTRACK" with all the best BMX riders in the world, the HELLTRACK riders have all got massive sponsorship but Cru has to battle and fight just to enter the competition and get suitable sponsorship, will Cru manage to get into the competition and can he do the unthinkable and WIN!!! I give this movie 8/10, it's entertaining and fast paced with good racing action and a great soundtrack too, if you love the 80's then i highly recommend it for nostalgic value.