Rad

1986 "A hometown kid on his BMX against the best in the world. At Helltrack... the heat is on."

Rad

6.7 | 1h33m | PG | en | Drama

A BMX racer, who lives in a small town with his mother and sister, is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SATs in order to attend college.

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6.7 | 1h33m | PG | en | Drama , Family | More Info

Released: March. 21,1986 | Released Producted By: TriStar Pictures , TaliaFilm II Productions Country: Canada Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

Synopsis

A BMX racer, who lives in a small town with his mother and sister, is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SATs in order to attend college.

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Cast

Bill Allen , Lori Loughlin , Talia Shire

Director

Shirley Inget

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TriStar Pictures , TaliaFilm II Productions

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Bill Allen

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Lori Loughlin

as Christian

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Talia Shire

as Mrs. Jones

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Mr-Fusion I can't say I've ever been apart of the BMX crowd, but that certainly doesn't stop "Rad" from delivering the goods. What's really amusing about this movie is that it doesn't take long for its weaknesses to somehow become strengths, and that's all part of the charm. It's familiar (The Karate Kid, E.T.), it's bizarre (was that a school dance or a disco scene?) and I get a smile from seeing Canada as small-town America. But this is the kind of underdog story you can't help but like, and that's not even covering the movie's greatest weapon: the music. Farnham's "Thunder In Your Heart" is every bit the '80s time capsule that is "Rad". It's a fun movie.7/10

danygmg I love this movie, buy can't find it anywhere. Any ideas? I'd love to own it, new or used. DVD preferably. Thanks!Watches it over and over again. I want to see it with my kids, I know w they will enjoy it just as much as me.Really recommend it.!!!

danielmckinstry If you were not born before say 2000 than you must see this movie it will give you a glimpse of what it was like growing up between 1980 to 2000 what i grew up doing or trying to do but if you haven't seen it you must one of my fave i have seen it at least a thousands times and i still watch on DVD not easy to find trust me i gad to call Canada to get it. Spoiler Cru wins.

pspielman73 when this movie came out i was fully into freestyle biking and i was so excited to see that a movie about it was coming out. i grew up in ithaca, ny and the state theater in the downtown area had a poster in a lightbox that read "coming soon". that poster seriously sat there out front for at least 2 years if not longer. in the meantime it came out on video and my dad rented it for me to watch on Christmas 1986. i watched it 10 times, i kid you not. i was so stoked for the scene during the credits where they show two freestyle bike dudes tearing it up. if you didn't know who they were, its r.l. osborn for team redline and eddie fiola for team gt(at the time he was pretty much the tony hawk of freestyle biking.)its not the best movie ever. it was definitely "kid tested and mom approved". i was a freestyle dude and i hung out with other freestyle bikers and we all listened to punk and metal which is noticeably absent in the soundtrack. its pretty much a guilty pleasure movie and a trip down memory lane but its worth watching just for the action sequences. the only thing thats pretty terrible is the bike dancing scene at the school dance while the song "send me an angel" plays. as a freestyle bike fan, this scene was mildly offensive to me as no self respecting boy would mock the sport of freestyle biking by dancing with his bike as a mating ritual to woo a girl. pretty corny.