Rad (1986)
Average Rating: 3.2/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 5
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This film's for the BMX bike racers of the world. A small town is out to raise funds by building a BMX racetrack and sponsoring a major race. They sponsor their own small-town hero Cru (Bill Allen) who's up against the big-monied sponsor's champion Bart Taylor (played by Olympic gymnast-turned-actor, Bart Thomas). Bart's the bad guy here, who doesn't play by the rules. The film's highlights are found in the stunt-filled race sequences, where the two duel it out on their high-flying two wheelers.
Mar 21, 1986 Wide
Nelson Entertainment
Cast
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Bill Allen
Cru -
Lori Loughlin
Christian -
Talia Shire
Mrs. Jones -
Ray Walston
Burton Timmer -
Alfie Wise
Eliott Dole -
Jack Weston
Duke Best -
Bart Conner
Bart Taylor -
Marta Kober
Becky -
Jamie Clarke
Luke -
Laura Jacoby
Wesley Jones -
H.B. Haggerty
Sgt. Smith -
Kellie McQuiggin
Foxy -
Beverly Hendry
Tiger -
Georgie Collins
Luke's Mom -
Gordon Signer
Mayor Coop Jenkins -
Bill Berry
Luke's Dad -
Chad Hayes
Rex Reynolds -
Maureen Thomas
Flag Lady -
Martin Aparijo
BMX Stunt Rider -
Bev Wotton
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All Critics (5) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (5)
The whole thing reminds you more of an overanxious teacher or coach, taking a few slang words and repeating them endlessly in a doomed attempt to "relate."
Top CriticThe bicycle acrobatics behind the credits at the opening of Rad are so spectacular that you wonder what the movie can do to improve on them. The short answer is, nothing.
Any film calling itself Rad had best be taken with a grain of salt, regardless of its subject matter. As it happens, the subject matter of Rad constitutes probably the dorkiest storyline we've seen this year.
Conner's screen debut is inauspicious -- to put it kindly -- in the quality of both his acting and the material chosen, and someone else is obviously doing his riding.
Rad fits so snugly into Needham's oeuvre that it's unclear whether the movie is an excuse for the 8 minute BMX montage that opens Rad or he's just lazy about setting up the slobs vs. snobs beats in his 30 year-old-teenagers in high school magnum opus.
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- Cru: I'd give anything to be ass sliding with you right now.
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