Biker Boyz

[MarJay]

Hi all, I just thought that I'd share with you my experience of the film 'Biker Boyz'.

I watched it last night on DVD and I was expecting an absolute turkey of a film. All of the reviews I read said that it was a large pile of steaming manure.

I wouldn't go that far!

It wasn't a cinematic triumph (ha!) my any means of course, and the plot was a little lame. However, I felt that the realistic portrayal of bikes just about hit the mark. They made none of the cardinal motorcycling sins that often happen in films like believing that Harley's are fast. They even refer to a stoppie as a stoppie and not an endo!!

The action was well coreographed and despite the liking for open face helmets, the racing held up okay (although I still don't see the skill in drag racing compared to road racing!). Even the dodgy crash at the beginning was at least feasible.

The Gang structure was a little to regimented for my liking, I don't imagine that its anything like that in America really,(although tehre are stunt crews) I reckon they're just a load of guys who like to ride and have a good time in groups rather than the strict codes of conduct depicted in the film. Leave that to the Hells Angels!

The acting was at best above average with a couple of performances that require you to hold your nose whilst watching (they stink). However, they are a million times better than the undercover cop from The Fast and The Furious. Laurence Fishbourne is WAY better than Vin Diesel!!

Probably the worst bit in the film was the closing drag race (mainly because it was on a gravel strewn dirt track) and that soured the experience somewhat for me. Otherwise, if you take it how its meant, as a enjoyable brain-shutdown-for-an-hour-and-a-half movie its good. If you're looking for shakespearian acting and realistic road racing then you're out of luck.

The stunts and the technical bits make the film I reckon. The first hollywood film to not completely cock up the technical aspects of bikes? Quite possibly!
The Biking equivalent of The Fast And The Furious? More like The Fast and The Furious is the car equivalent of Biker Boyz!

Oh, and the title sucks. Overall thats probably the worst bit about the film as a package.

Sum up in one word?

Enjoyable.
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[Danny]

They also seemed to change tires while racing and the quater mile races seemed to go on for 10mins. Even I can do a quater mile quicker on my NSR

[Bendy]

[MarJay]

Yeah, see I thought about that, and in TFATF, they keep on about quarter miles. However in BB, they never *actually* mention that the drag races are done over a quarter mile... (plus the film would be boring if the races were done in 10s; IN TFATF they talk about "Ten second cars" yet in one scene a bloke starts typing on his laptop while in the middle of a drag race!!)

Oh and when they're actually on the drag strip, there's nothing keeping the two bikes from hitting each other like a barrier or whatever. I'm sure that drag strips would have a barrier or something

I never noticed them change tyres mid scene (Unlike MI:2!) you were lucky if it wasn't four times a scene!

Don't diss it, it was more technically true to life than any other bike film I've seen.

I can't wait for tourque to come out now!!

(Look on [url]us.imdb.com[/url] if you don't know what I mean )[/url]
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Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[andrew]

I'm more looking forward to 'Faster' will probably be out next year now though.

[Bendy]

[Hex]

Thing that got me was the number of gear changes in the races.
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[Kris]

[Bendy]

[Danny]

[Hex]

Hell my model CBR must have been the lower spec version meant for polishing only, as I've only got the 10 gears.
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

[Korn]

[Phoenix]

The film's rubbish full stop. A nitrous hayabusa starts going, guy on a GSXR1000 waits for a bit then goes and catches him up in seconds then overtakes blah blah, whole films like that its stupid. Crap story too only good thing was the paintjobs.

[Ste]

C-R-A-P film

[G]

What ^they^ said. Unfortunately I've got stuff to do this lunch time so I shan't go into the many many failings of this film .

[Luke_Retrofly]

CHEESE!
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[Dusty]

Good post for controversy Mark.

I haven't seen Biker Boyz, but from everything I've heard it involves piles and poo.
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[McJamweasel]

I actually downloaded it ages ago - when it first came out in the states. It took me over a day to get. I watched the first 4 minutes.

It was put on at the toga party so I did see some more of it then. it didn't get better.
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[MarJay]

[Dusty]

[EuropeanNC30R...]

EasyRider is class.

[Scotty]

[MarJay]

[Zimma]