That's Rad

burned this from a VHS to a DVD a couple years ago and watched it on my flight to Anaheim recently. Love it just as much as the first time I saw it! I remember I wanted to be a paperboy so bad when i was a kid ha

I'm sure that Crew Jones still gets more ass than a toilet seat.

classic shit right there, Torco. Theres thunder in your heart and every move is lightning!!

I freaking LOVE the Rad soundtrack.

Just watched it again recently, now that the kids race BMX they wanted to see it.......now boy watches at least twice a week.....love that movie.

So in love with Lori Laughlin back then....

Best movie ever, the end.

They have the whole movie posted online free to watch www.themovierad.com

...and Hollywood Mike Miranda is OUT!

'Cru, remember the lumber yard...go balls out.'

My oh my the memories. As a kid I had RAD and Winners Take All recorded onto the same VHS.. After hours upon hours of abuse it broke.. Luckily found both on DVD a few years ago. I still get chills watching them.

You know the whole movie is up there right?

Filmed 1 mile from my house in "Bowness".

used to watch it at my neighbors on his betamax player..loved it

i remember the roll-in being allot bigger than that...

Man, I've wanted to watch this movie since the day I first watched The DirtBike Kid. I remember as a kid seeing the preview for it every time I would turn the dirtbike kid on, and thinking I gotta have my mom get me that movie! Ah screw it, I'm gonna do some searching, and see if I can find them on DVD lol

-why is YO Adrian so nervous every time Cru is on a bicycle....it's a bicycle...and he's a boss!!
-does anybody have more pro hoes than Bart Taylor?
-did I see Bam Margera in there cheering him on?
-why do almost all of the racers competing have their goggles up on top of their helmet QuadBRO style?
-where's Uncle Joey?
-Mr. Hand is awesome
-Hulk Hogan eat your heart out!!
-how many BMX races have YOU seen go 4 friggin laps? Surprised there were no pukers by the end.

Seriously, JT needs to come out with a Cru Jones colorway stat!! Good night team strategy!!

Check out some of these movie reviews.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091817/reviews


It's your basic "High-school dork beats bully & gets girl using his worthless social-outcast skill that everyone in this little universe is oddly obsessed with" (happens all the time in the 80's). Nothing particularly original or interesting about it, but for some reason it withstands repeated viewings and still seems like fun. It's one of those movies that unintentionally became a cult flick just by being so straightforward.

The plot, the acting, the characters, the one-liners . . . everything about the production is reasonably serviceable for the era, but certainly not GOOD either. The whole thing feels sorta like a cheesy 80's sitcom doing its big 2-hour episode for sweeps week, and the network gave it some money for a real location shoot & some extra cuss words.

The bicycle stuntwork in "Rad" is stellar. Yes, of course it's outdated now, and modern X-games riders like Dave Mirra can demonstrate a lot more technical skill on multi-directional spins & stuff, but ultimately that's beside the point. In real life the average 13-year-old spends weeks teaching himself to do a decent bunny hop. And for that 13-year-old, it's plenty of fun watching a character in "Rad" just trying to learn an (outdated) backflip move in the schoolyard using a hockey helmet & some old bed mattresses. (Think: "Jackass" but not so intentional. And it's too bad this movie was made before the era of "goof reels" during the end credits, because they probably got some real whoppers on film during this production.)

I can quote every line of this movie, but I still can't put my finger on what aspect of it makes it hold up so well. It's got that same sort of odd quality that a "Duck Tales" or a "Saved by the Bell" episode has: You can't explain why on earth you're still watching & enjoying it as an intelligent adult . . . but you are. (And so is everyone else you've shown it to.) Either way you'd better get your insider-status and enjoy this movie now. Next thing we know they might put it on T-shirts at Sam Goody & take all the fun out of it.

I love two wheels and I hate to hijack the thread but I gotta say.....my all time favorite 80s cheeseball "alternative sports" movie has got to be Thrashin!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6K8zfZ0828

Corey Webster versus Hook and the Daggers. Classic!!!

(killer soundtrack too)

Check this out.

https://youtu.be/zcXy_f81cAY

All I have to say is HOLY SHIT RAD 2!!!

https://youtu.be/E46mv0XcT2A

How bout this one. Was stoked when this came out. First mx/sx movie when I was a kid