This movie is like a problem child - at times inspired, but all too often frustrating. Two brothers compete in a gruelling cross-country bike race, while at the same time re-forging the brotherly love that had been fractured earlier. Great idea, fantastic bike racing scenes and a hissable villain (racing for another team.
However, the whole movie is dragged down by a number of concurrent story-lines that don't really bring much to the table - the coach and his son, the relationship between one brother and a hitch-hiker, and most of all, the cringe worthy Complicated Hollywood Disease That Invariably Proves Fatal that one of the brothers may be suffering from.
If this movie was an album, I'd keep skipping to the scenes tracks that shine through the remainder - the 'torture test', the race with 'Eddie' and all of the final race scenes.
Overall, worth a look, and it will also give your girlfriend something to cry about.
However, the whole movie is dragged down by a number of concurrent story-lines that don't really bring much to the table - the coach and his son, the relationship between one brother and a hitch-hiker, and most of all, the cringe worthy Complicated Hollywood Disease That Invariably Proves Fatal that one of the brothers may be suffering from.
If this movie was an album, I'd keep skipping to the scenes tracks that shine through the remainder - the 'torture test', the race with 'Eddie' and all of the final race scenes.
Overall, worth a look, and it will also give your girlfriend something to cry about.