Released in 1983.
Running time 90 minutes.
by Front Row Entertainment.
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Starring : David Argue as Whitey, John Ley as Moustache, Nicole Kidman as Judy, Angelo D'Angelo as PJ, James Lugton as Goose, Bryan Marshall as The Boss, Brian Sloman as The Creep, Peter Browne (I) as Police constable, Bill Brady (I) as Police sergeant, Linda Newton as Police Woman, Bob Hicks (I) as Heavy 1, Guy Norris as Heavy 2, Chris Hession as Heavy 3, Norman Hodges as The drunk, Tracy Wallace as Buxom lady.
Movie Description : In this fun adventure set in the Australia, three young BMX bikers and their best friend (Kidman), find a trove of two-way radios that just happen to belong too a gang of bank robbers. The kids sell the radios-tuned to the police frequency to their friends which causes pandemonium in the town. The head of the gang of robbers sends his henchman to track down the radios and eliminate the kids.
www.bmxnonstop.com/oldschool : Three adventurous teens put their BMX skills to the test when they witness a crime and are pursued by the criminals. Much Big Air!!
A great "Old School" video with a story to it. The stars ride classic Mongoose's with red and blue Skyway Tuff wheels and matching Snakebelly tires. Stunts are arranged by none other than Bob Hicks and this film takes place in Australia. This is not just another street/dirt tape so move the bike parts off of the couch, nuke some corn and pop on the tube.
Running time : 90 minutes
Starring : Sean Astin, Brian Keith, Tim Thomerson... and Scott Freeman.
Directed by: Mollie Miller
Exciting tale of a group of kids who cause chaos wherever they go. Their adventures start when they discover that weapons are going missing from a military base. They decide to go into action to foil the crime despite army officials disbelief that anything is wrong..
BRAT stands for Born, Raised And Trapped.
asr77, www.imdb.com, march 2002 : Almost as good as I remembered. I was searching through old videos, looking for something to record the hockey final on, and I cam across a tape, dusty and barely a step beyond BetaMax, labeled "B.R.A.T. Patrol". I decided to put that one aside for nostalgia sake. Later that week, I was bored, so I decided to put the tape in, hoping that it may catch my interest for a couple of hours. I loved this movie when I was eleven. It was the coolest thing in the world to me. After watching it again, the clothes are a little dated, but very little else seems cheezy. The military still wears similar uniforms, and the vehicles have also changed very little, if at all. It was kinda fun to look back at this movie that I used to adore, and still see a little bit of fun from when I was a little kid. Disney made a great movie here, and if you've got a 5-10 year old to amuse for an afternoon and you happen to come across this movie, pop it in. You might be surprized.
Original Airdate: 3-Mar-1979
Brief Plot: Jon and Sindy are training a BMX team for kids. Ponch takes care for a young boy who vandalizes in his school. He wants to see him in the BMX team. The sergeants son has an bad accident, Joe feels guilty for that. It confuses him so much that he makes bad mistakes at work
Guest Stars: Marc Gilpin (as Timmy Geteaer), Kirk Calloway (as Danny), Jackie Vernon (as Man), Henry Olek (as Dutch), Anthony Sewell.
Written by: Richard B. Mittleman
Directed by: John Florea
This refurbished "E.T." includes scenes cut from the original release, enhanced special effects and a few other more controversial changes. Despite this, Spielberg maintains this is still the same heartwarming story we know and love.
Bob Haro, BMX Plus! march 1982 : It's about an extraterrestrial being that lands on earth. Everything was kind of hush-hush; they wouldn't tell us much. Anyway, this extraterrestrial guy lands on earth, and they're doing experiments or something like, this and one of the aliens gets left on Planet Earth. And these kids find him. What happens is the government officials are trying to find him, and the kids are hiding him. We're doing the part in the movie where the cops are after us, and we've got the alien with us. We're getting chased by cops everywhere, and we end up getting away. They even had parts in the movie where the guys are flying - we're supposed to be flying in the movie. It's pretty neat. We were in the second unit, which is all stunts. I worked five days on the set. I used to think the movie scene was kicked back. Those guys eat well, but I had to get up at five-thirty and be on the set by seven. We'd work from seven in the morning to eight at night - twelve-or thirteen-hour days. I had to do a part where the cops chase this kid (I was playing) up into this house. They're up on the second story - and these houses are all under construction - and I had to fly out of the second story of this house. I built up a little jump. We're supposed to fly and land on a bunch of pallets of wood and stuff and ride away with the cops after us and go down these banks. That was some of the stuff. We had other scenes, like I had to ride over the hood of this cop car and knock off the lights. It was pretty fun - nothing ultra-radical, but it was still a neat experience.
The BMX chase.
Genre: action/comedy.
Running Time: 1H14
Director: Chiu Chung-Hing.
Cast: Lam Siu-Lau, Dick Wei, Chen Shan, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Lee Gwok-Sau
www.cinemasie.com : Boss Duh (Chiu Chung Hing) est un homme d'affaire respecté qui aime sa petite fille mais il va s'attirer des ennuis en refusant de traiter avec un caïd de la drogue. Ce dernier va tenter de kidnapper sa petite fille, fan de Madonna, à la sortie d'un Mc Donald grâce à un kidnappeur déguisé en Mickey Mouse (!!), et soudoyer l'un de ses fidèles bras droit (Dick Wei) en manque d'amour paternel. Heureusement, la chance est avec Boss Duh puisqu'une équipe responsable d'effets spéciaux au cinéma mené par un inventeur excentrique (Yuen Cheung Yan), particulièrement doué en gadgets et en explosifs, et sa fille (Lam Siu Lau), cascadeuse et spécialiste du fight en bmx, vont lui venir en aide.
kfccinema.com : Duh is the head of a successful company, which is being watched closely by a local Triad group. When he decides to dedicate his life to protecting his young granddaughter, and gives the business to one of his son’s, the other son (Dick Wei) is determined to take control of the operation. Duh decides that the only way he can leave behind these pressures is to fake his own death, and so employs a local movie stunt team to achieve this so that he can dedicate his life to raising his granddaughter.
Russ Houghton, kfccinema.com : ‘Heroic Fight’ is like talking to a hyperactive nine-year old boy with attention deficit disorder while he is ripped to the tits on sugary drinks. Sporting an obvious Yuen Clan influence, this movie takes elements which made earlier Yuen movies ‘Miracle Fighters’ and ‘Shaolin Drunkard’ so great, and transposes them to 1980’s Hong Kong. Yuen Cheung Yan plays a wizard of a different kind, and becomes a technical wizard learned in the arts of movie making. Instead of magic, gadgets are used to dispose of evil henchmen, and instead of ghosts and demons, we have movie costumes used in battle. In it’s own way, this is quite post-modern stuff. By playing a movie stunt team, the tricks and stunts are semi-factual versions of the real methods used in HK movie making, and the movie props used are neither realistic or convincing in any context but a movie set. This allows the set-pieces to transcend their ridiculous premise, giving a sly wink to the audience and suggesting that the film’s detractors sit down, shut up and enjoy it. It’s just a movie! In amongst the HK style insanity, there are a lot of references to 80’s Americana. One key scene sees Duh’s Granddaughter Ting-Ting, (dressed as an 8 year old freaky whore-child version of Madonna) go to a McDonald’s restaurant with her friends. In comes Mickey Mouse, who uses balloons to float Ting-Ting up to the roof, where she is smuggled away by kidnappers. Lin Hsiao Long witnesses this happening, and uses her BMX skills to rescue Ting-Ting. Then we see Duh informed of this plan on his various telephones, shaped as a Coke Can and Garfield the cat. If this wasn’t barmy enough, this scene is only a quarter of the way into the film. Later on the American influence is seen at a wedding reception shoot-out. The good guys disguise themselves as a band, and sing ‘Power of Love’ by ‘80s power ballad crooner Jennifer Rush (‘I am your lady, and you are my man’). Lin Hsiao Long is perfectly cast, even though it is unclear whether her character is supposed to be male or female. Whichever is the case, she is fantastic as a boyish have-a-go hero. Yuen Cheung Yan is also very good as the buck-toothed head of the stunt-team, and the lesser members of the cast all play along with a refreshing enthusiasm. Special mention has to go to the always watch able Dick Wei, who as lead bad guy, has one of the few serious roles in the movie, and somehow remains menacing even when fighting against papier-mache monsters. The Yuen Clan have never been to everyone’s taste, and to some their movies may be too silly to absorb, but if you enjoy the more unusual oddities of Hong Kong cinema, then ‘Heroic Fight’ is a fix of pure ‘A’ grade hallucinogen. There is some genuinely satisfying Kung Fu on display, but depending on your idea of a good HK movie, other things get in the way, such as the squashy faced dog in a nappy, the rocket powered skates, the BMX stunts, and the giant ‘Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em Robot’. In retrospect, maybe including Jennifer Rush was just pushing things too far.
Year Of Production: 2003.
Running Time: 13:22.
Directed by Andrew Goode.
Sorti le 3 juin 1987 en France et le 9 août 1985 aux USA.
Starring: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, more cast
Directed By: Tim Burton
Synopsis : The love of Pee-wee Herman's life is his bicycle. When it is stolen, he is send on a wild cross country adventure after a fortune teller tells him his bicycle is in the basement of the Alamo. Along the way, Pee-wee encounters an escaped convict, a waitress with wanderlust and a jealous boyfriend, and a mysterious female truck driver.
Il y a dans ce film une session de BMX sur la Place Rouge avec Olivier Prosper, Olivier Renard, Michel Lavandet et Michaël Clerté...
In color.
94 minutes.
Director, Hal Needham.
Stars Talia Shire, Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Ray Walston, Jack Weston and Bart Conner.
Back of the box says : "Cru Jones is the best BMX biker in Cochrane. He's got the talent to become the best BMX daredevil in the world. As the local paperboy, he jumps, spins, twists, and flips his bike with amazing ability. Bart Conner is the best BMX biker in the world, and he's in town to race for the $100,000 HELLTRACK competition, the most grueling BMX race in history. Cru wants a shot at winning the title, but his mom, Talia Shire, insists he take his college entrance exams which fall on the same day. For the first time in his life, Cru has to make his own decisions. He decides to go for Helltrack, but Jack Weston the race promoter, has a dirty scheme for keeping the local whiz kid out of the race and away from his prized champion. Only the gorgeous Lori Loughlin, a member of the opposite team, can get Allen on track for Helltrack! And teach him a few other things while she's at it!".
Bill Lazdowski : Eddie Fiola is responsible for the stunt work in RAD. Bill Allen actually had to die his hair darker for the movie so that he and Eddie would look alike. There is one scene where "Cru" does a 360 out of an empty swimming pool, which was a signature Eddie Fiola move back in the day, when Eddie use to race and pull 360's at the end of his moto's. RL Osborn did some riding for the movie, he was filmed doing airs on the "TOL" ramp at Wizard Publications and he did some flatland with Eddie, at the end of movie as the credits were rolling.
Gerrit Does : January 1986 issue of BMX ACTION by Bob Osborn reported on " THE MAKING of RAD" a BMX movie. The filming took place up in Canada. The idea to make a special BMX movie was born in 1983 by movie scriptwriter Sam Bernard. Pat Romano and Eddie Fiola did stunts. The BMX factories represented were mainly GT, Red Line, Vans, Hutch, Norco, Skyway and Robinson, Mongoose and Murray supplied the bikes. Also involved in the movie were Mike Miranda, Martin Aparijo, Jose Yanez and Kevin Hull.
Bicross magazine #44 mai 1986 : Présenté au festival de Cannes le 11 mai 1986.
L'histoire est sympa. Un héros local, talentueux bicrosseur, Allen, rêve de participer sur un circuit diabolique : Helltrack, à une course dotée de 100 000$ de prix. Mais un promoteur sans scrupule du nom de Weston est prêt à tout pour faire gagner Conner, son protégé.
Du bicross à outrance sur un circuit spécialement créé pour le film avec une butte de départ et un à pic de 7m de hauteur.
Pour doubler les principaux acteurs, des noms célèbres, Eddie Fiola, Mike Miranda, Beatle Rosecrans, Travis Chipres et le fameux Jose Yanez qui réalise dans ce film les sauts périlleux dont il a le secret.
Hell Track
Jose Yanez
Rebellious 17-year old Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym) is a natural athlete who seems to be more interested in hanging with her skater punk friends, listening to thrasher music and causing trouble than competing in gymnastics. But after her latest run-in with the law, a judge sentences Haley to her ultimate nightmare—attending an elite gymnastics academy run by legendary hardnosed coach Burt Vickerman (Jeff Bridges). However, when her own competitive aspirations and rivalries begin to surface, Haley must choose between personal glory and the loyalty and friendship of her new teammates.
Genres: Comedy and Sports
Release Date: April 21st, 2006 (wide)
Distributors: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Production Co.: Happy Landing Productions, Spyglass Entertainment Group
Studios: Touchstone Pictures
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Produced in: United States
An evil dogcatcher is snatching pets and selling them to a local lab for scientific testing. With the help of the Bike Squad, Ryan must save his best friend and dog, Jupiter, before it’s too late.
Produced by Michael Feifer
Directed by Richard Gabai
Written by Paul Chitlik
Edited by Brett Hedlund
Cinematography by Michael Goi
Ryan - Braden Parkes
Carlos - Wolf Bradley
Ned - Thomas Garner
Jim Moore - Michael Louden
Stan - Michael McConnohie
Earl - Michael Olifiers
www.b-independent.com : Ryan is the new kid in town. He's there to spend the summer with his dad and is really looking forward to it. Unfortunately, his dad just got a new position at the university and can't spend a lot of time with his son. To make up for it he got Ryan a new bike, and then Ryan does have the affections of his golden retriever, Jupiter.
What Ryan doesn't know is that there are a pair of dognappers in town picking up all the strays for medical experiments. And the doctor in charge of research is trying out a new form of anesthesia. The only problem with that is none of the test animals have managed to survive the tests. It isn't long before Jupiter wanders out of his yard and is in the clutches of the evil dognappers. Ryan is forced to join forces with a trio of bike riding local kids who call themselves The Bike Squad. They have to save Jupiter before it's too late.
The basic premise of THE BIKE SQUAD is a sound one. The makers of the film are smart enough to use bright kids in the main parts and shoot on film to make it more palatable to the younger set. For some reason the kids nowadays see video and they automatically think cheap. Or at least my kids do. There are the obvious stereotypes that you find in the majority of kids movies. The girl is always the smart one. You get one fat kid, but not too fat. The dognappers act retarded as if they just graduated the HOME ALONE school of adult acting.
But, is the movie any good? Sure. At least I think so. Being a forty-one year old male I'm pretty sure I'm not the target audience for this kind of picture. It does dumb things down considerably. The sets when we're not at dad's house are pretty bare and cheap. It looks more like an abandoned warehouse than a medical research facility. Especially when the kids find the other research facility and it's just a bait shop by a lake.
And it is amazing how many people are named Michael in real life that are attached to this film. In addition to the producer and the cinematographer, all three of the bad guys are named Michael. There's even another actor named Michael. I'll bet it was chaos on this set when they were trying to direct the actor's using their real names. And, according to imdb.com, there's even a sequel in the works. I'm not sure how that would work since there are no returning actors from this film. Kinda bizarre.
The final thing I'd like to mention is that the director and screenwriter for this flick have only low budget skin flicks. Director Gabai is even the man responsible for the outlandish BLOOD NASTY with Linnea Quigley. So, either these gentlemen are trying to make films for their kids or they realize that with the number of cable channels geared towards children out there, making children movies is akin to printing your own money.
xfile1971 from Phoenix, AZ - USA, www.imdb.com : Too many movie makers these days either don't know or don't care that the modern child is more difficult to entertain than the kid of yesteryear. Like it or not, they are usually exposed to more at an earlier age and they are going to be too savvy for this kind of fluff.
"The Bike Squad" centers around a pre-teen named Ryan. Ryan's dog is stolen by a couple of bumbling dognappers and it's up to him and three of his new friends to get the dog back. As it turns out, dogs are being snatched up at an alarming rate around town and are being sold by the twosome to an evil researcher.
From that description, you can pretty much guess how everything will unfold. The only possible surprise is when the four kids actually break into a research lab like a pint-sized ALF. The rest of the film is the same old tired cliche of kids who are constantly being let down by clueless adults who don't believe them.
The acting is uniformly awful with the exception of Graham Spillman. As the lead child, Braden Parkes is inoffensive but lacking in natural talent. This is one "boy and his dog" movie that you'll wanna smack on the nose with a rolled up newspaper. 2/10
