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Ultimate X: The Movie (2002)
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Reviews Counted:47
Fresh:35
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Taking full advantage of the large IMAX screen, Ultimate X is a thrill ride for extreme sports junkies and novices alike.
Theatrical Release:May 10, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $4,061,981
Synopsis: All the excitement and explosive drama of action sports is displayed on the exhilarating giant screen in “Ultimate X,” a look into ESPN ® ’s massively popular Summer X Games. “Ultimate X”... [More]
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Reviews for Ultimate X: The Movie
Top CriticUses the IMAX screen to showcase sports rather than talking heads, and the result is 40 minutes crammed with high-energy acrobatics.
07/31/08
[A] spectacular extreme sports extravaganza.
06/24/06
The competitors are clearly unhinged, but they put on a hell of a show.
06/04/05
This Imax sports documentary captures the danger, thrills, spills and sheer altitude attained by the young men and women who put it all on the line for burgeoning 'Xtreme sports' movement.
05/27/05
If you think that “ESPN’s Ultimate X” is a motor oil, then you need to see this movie, dude.
01/05/05
If you think that “ESPN’s Ultimate X” is a motor oil, then you need to see this movie, dude.
01/05/05
If you're an extreme sports fan, this is probably a must own DVD.
02/14/03
The film contains so much eye-popping footage that even viewers who have never seen the X Games can't help but be fascinated.
11/06/02
Top CriticA love letter for fans of the sport, and for the uninitiated earth-bound, a peek into a strange new sports world spinning with adrenaline.
10/15/02
It briefly flirts with player masochism, but the point of real interest -– audience sadism -- is evaded completely.
08/23/02
It's a dizzyingly entertaining thrill-ride, complete with a pleasantly surprising amount of humor and self-parody.
07/26/02
Writer/director Bruce Hendricks subtracts from the experience by crafting a corporate propaganda film posing as a documentary.
07/20/02
Top CriticEven if you can't tell Tony Hawk from Bob Burnquist, you'll still get a rush out of this documentary about the world of extreme sports.
07/16/02
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07/16/02
The result is that the skill and determination, not to mention bravery or lunacy, of the extreme sportsmen (and women) is shown on a strikingly grand scale.
06/30/02
All of this looks great on the giant IMAX screen -- most things do -- but the filmmakers can’t shake the sense that this is an inflated TV special.
06/29/02
The most enjoyable 40 minutes I've ever spent watching a large-format, IMAX-type movie.
06/28/02
Ultimate X smoothes out the rough edges of Evel [Kneivel]'s bad boy tradition and delivers a film that keeps mom and dad in on the cool -- Disney with a little flava.
06/17/02
At 40 minutes, it's brief but keeps firmly to its action remit.
06/17/02
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