RAD THE MOVIE MOVIE
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The Cobra logo on the gym wall is the real Cochrane High logo (I graduated as a Cochrane Cobra, as did my dad before me).

RAD THE MOVIE MOVIE

The high school in the movie really was pre-renovation Cochrane High. And the local kids really were into BMX biking I remember my godfather's son making a half-pipe as a shop project, and then not being able to get it through the shop door. In real life, the town is.you guessed it, Cochrane, which is just outside Calgary, Alberta. In the movie the town was called Cochrane, and was in some unknown state. It was filmed mostly in my hometown when I was a kid (all but Helltrack itself, which was set up in Bowness Park in Calgary), and re-watching it now brings me back to how excited everyone was at the time. There's an old saying that 'you can't go home again', but thanks to the movie Rad, I can go home anytime I want to. Once again I love this movie and always will. It's just got a lot of re-watchable value to it. I also think I have watched Rad more times than any other movie in history. Rad is in the top 3 of my favorite movies of all time. I know it wouldn't be as good as the original, but i'd still like to what Cru, luke and the others are up to now. I've had the same worn out tape of this movie for about 10 or more years now, I can't get enough of it. The person on here that said they don't make movies like this anymore is right, Rad just contains a sort of magic movies don't have nowadays. Rad is loaded with cool bike tricks, great racing scenes and it's very inspiring. The music is great too, I love Break The Ice, thunder in your heart, send me an angel, and the other cool songs. This movie is entertaining from beginning to end, it never lets up for a second. Ok so its a little low on plot, the acting maybe isn't that great, and maybe it is predictable, but you know what? Who cares!. there was never a huge gap between that time. To be honest this movie doesn't seem that dated to me, because i've been watching Rad ever since 1986 or 1987. As i said in the other comment i first saw Rad back in 1986 or 1987. And besides, what other movie do you get to see Ray Walston give the middle finger with such conviction? Even if you haven't grown up in the 80's or gotten caught up in the BMX craze, it is still a lot of fun. All in all, Rad is more than just a fun trip down nostalgia lane. The hit `Send Me An Angel' (which was later used to great effect in the Fred Savage vehicle / Nintendo commercial The Wizard) is especially great and has found its way onto mix tapes of mine ever since the I first bought the soundtrack in 87 with it's catchy, haunting synth line. They all work though and you'll be humming the tunes long after the movie has stopped.

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It's the typical eighties teen targeting soundtrack full of various genres aimed to get kids attention rock, dance, new wave, even some ballads. Another great thing about Rad is the soundtrack. It also has spectacular stunt scenes in the opening credits where they just let the riders do there thing and they really show off their skills which are highlighted by interesting angles and slow motion. It is always a special treat seeing some of my favorite riders of yore on the screen along with Cru. It is set around a fictional BMX race called `Hell Track' and it draws some of the best riders from around the world. Instead of hiring BMX stuntmen and only using them for stunts, Rad gives them roles, playing themselves. The next key ingredient of Rad is the stunts. With a cast this great you know you're in for a treat. The movie also has one of my favorite scummy villains of the 80s, Jack Weston of Dirty Dancing, Short Circuit 2, and Can't Stop the Music (the fictionalized Village People biopic). (Although really neither are that great) So what makes Rad so good? To start, the star power: a pre-Full House Lori Laughlin is the love interest of our hero Cru, Talia `stop calling me Adrian' Shire has a great turn as Cru's mom, and veteran character actor Ray Walston is hilarious as a crankity old bike shop owner (`The world would be a lot better off without kids'). Likely both films spawned hardcore punk bands named after the movies, and Rad the band is far superior to BMX Bandits. While BMX Bandits is pretty good, it can't even come close to Rad. Was it BMX Bandits or Rad? In my mind, there has never been a doubt. Thrashin was the cream of the crop to focus on skateboarding, but when it came to BMX there was a real debate. Like any fad, there were numerous exploitation movies based on it. Before the huge X-Games explosion of the late 90s, there was another place where extreme sports thrived The 80s.

Rad the movie