When I think Hal Needham, I think of an ensemble cast and a big brawl at the end of the movie whether it is warranted or not. The only star I recognized in this was Talia Shire and the closest thing I got to a brawl is a bike race. I guess I did see two idiots go down a drainage pipe into a lake or river during what was obviously not a warm time of year though, so that is really cool...
The story, well a guy likes to bike, no really! The star of this film was obviously a very good biker. Saw this film as a Rifftrax Live and the star actually showed up and enjoyed the jabs at the movie, but he obviously was also very good and still in very good shape. This think is basically the tale of an underdog who has to compete against professionals with the top guy seemingly being a prick, but who turns out to be okay as it is the crusty old businessman who will stop at nothing to stop the new kid from crashing his course and taking the top prize!
The cast is alright, as the main guy is very charismatic and his friends are cool. I did not care for the girl who played Jessie's girlfriend in Full House as she did not seem like she belonged. Everyone else did as well as can be expected. I honestly did not think the film was all that bad, but not all that good.
So, kind of a bland film with a few good moments like the scene of the main bike dude fleeing from the police officer who seemed like he just enjoyed trying to chase the guy. The romance was clunky and really, really made me cold. Seriously, you can see people's breath in some of the scenes. I may have rated the film higher, but so many of the actual bike races were the same thing over and over as helltrack was a bore. Just seemed to close together and featuring stuff that did not belong in a course for racers. I read here that the original course started out on a higher wall for the racers to go down and they were like 'no way" and shooting was delayed and I cannot say I blame them, that wall that made the cut looked too high and steep to me!
The story, well a guy likes to bike, no really! The star of this film was obviously a very good biker. Saw this film as a Rifftrax Live and the star actually showed up and enjoyed the jabs at the movie, but he obviously was also very good and still in very good shape. This think is basically the tale of an underdog who has to compete against professionals with the top guy seemingly being a prick, but who turns out to be okay as it is the crusty old businessman who will stop at nothing to stop the new kid from crashing his course and taking the top prize!
The cast is alright, as the main guy is very charismatic and his friends are cool. I did not care for the girl who played Jessie's girlfriend in Full House as she did not seem like she belonged. Everyone else did as well as can be expected. I honestly did not think the film was all that bad, but not all that good.
So, kind of a bland film with a few good moments like the scene of the main bike dude fleeing from the police officer who seemed like he just enjoyed trying to chase the guy. The romance was clunky and really, really made me cold. Seriously, you can see people's breath in some of the scenes. I may have rated the film higher, but so many of the actual bike races were the same thing over and over as helltrack was a bore. Just seemed to close together and featuring stuff that did not belong in a course for racers. I read here that the original course started out on a higher wall for the racers to go down and they were like 'no way" and shooting was delayed and I cannot say I blame them, that wall that made the cut looked too high and steep to me!