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Supercross: The Movie (2005)

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Reviews Counted:65

Fresh:4

Rotten:61

Average Rating:2.8/10

Consensus: While it provides some cool stunts, Supercross feels like an infomercial for the sport, with undeveloped characters and a shopworn plot.

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $3,045,751

Synopsis: Deeply in love with motorcycles, orphaned brothers K.C. (Steve Howey) and Trip (Mike Vogel) Carlyle clean pools to support their hunger for competitive motocross--dreaming of the day when they can... Deeply in love with motorcycles, orphaned brothers K.C. (Steve Howey) and Trip (Mike Vogel) Carlyle clean pools to support their hunger for competitive motocross--dreaming of the day when they can get professional sponsorship and compete in the stadium event known as Supercross. Younger Trip is a loose cannon, constantly taking risks that make him a liability for a professional team. As a result, K.C. is the first to get sponsored. Unfortunately, just before his first race, he finds that he was hired simply to make sure that no one gets near the team's star, Rowdy Sparks (Channing Tatum). K.C.'s jealousy gets the best of him until he embarks on a romance with a spirited young female rider, Piper Cole (Cameron Richardson), whose biker father Robert Patrick (TERMINATOR 2) sees a potential winner in Trip and decides to give him sponsorship. Loud and colorful, with enough gravity-defying motorcross action to satisfy any fan, former stuntman Steve Boynum's directorial debut conveys the dangers of the sport as well as the fierce competition and corporate backstabbing it involves. Robert Patrick shines in his brief but effective role. Boasting a sexy young cast and plenty of stunt riding, SUPERCROSS is sure to give younger viewers enough eye candy to breezily pass 90 minutes. [More]

Starring: Mike Vogel, Steve Howey, Sophia Bush, Cameron Richardson

Starring: Mike Vogel, Steve Howey, Sophia Bush, Cameron Richardson, Aaron Carter, Channing Tatum, Robert Patrick, Robert Carradine

Director: Steve Boyum

Director: Steve Boyum
Screenwriter: Ken Solarz, Bart Baker
Story: Keith Alan Bernstein
Producer: Steve Austin, J. Todd Harris
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Full Review Source: In Film Australia | comment Comment
12/06/05
Luke Buckmaster
Luke Buckmaster
In Film Australia
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Supercross has its charms for those who appreciate cinematic innocence, and as a love letter to its subject certainly registers as sincere.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
12/04/05
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Finally, we get Supercross: The Movie, which basically fills in the holes Supercross: The Novel left behind.

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

As a fetishized appropriation of the extreme sport of Supercross motorcycle racing, for a story about two different-but-similar racing brothers, "Supercross" succeeds in combining fast action with slow burn emotional fuses.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/15/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

You could see the same thing for free -- with higher production values and snappier dialogue -- watching X Games coverage on ESPN.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
03/07/07
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press

Mercifully, it's a mad dash to the final finish line.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Harry Haun
Harry Haun
Film Journal International

Like the drive-in classics of Roger Corman and Samuel Z. Arkoff, this develops the principal characters and conflicts with just enough depth and keeps the narrative moving at a brisk pace.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/08/07
Joshua Katzman
Joshua Katzman
Chicago Reader

The cinematography has the cheap, washed-out look of old home movies, but director Steve Boyum provides some exciting race footage to pass the time.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
05/12/06
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Too bad the DVD doesn't just cut out all the exposition and plot and (yikes) the actors

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
02/03/06
Keith Breese
Keith Breese
Filmcritic.com

Save your hate-mails, motorheads. I'm not knocking your favorite sport, just the amazingly brain-dead movie that it inspired.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
01/30/06
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com

Only the most devoted MX fetishists could like the film, because it doesn't offer a scrap of nourishment for the uninitiated.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club

A short and frantic cookie cutter of a sports movie that will please fans of the sport, but probably won't bring more to the fray.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
09/23/05
Chris Carle
Chris Carle
IGN Movies

I've made bologna sandwiches that inspired more enthusiasm.

Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
08/30/05
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Part advertisement for Clear Channel’s Supercross broadcasts and part hellish miscalculation on the part of the producers.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
08/28/05
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

When the first line of a movie is “My name is Trip Carlyle,” you know you’re in trouble. That sounds like a guy stuck in the ‘80s with a made up name.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
08/25/05
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

A long infomercial.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
08/25/05
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

More like flipping back and forth between ESPN and one of the less-demanding teen-centric TV networks than a movie.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
08/24/05
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Director Steve Boyum, a former motocross driver, hacks his racing footage to incomprehensible pieces and, from the looks of the meager, jumpy narrative, did the same to the script.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
08/23/05
Matt Singer
Matt Singer
Village Voice

This is basically a commercial for the sport, and it's not a very good one at that.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
08/20/05
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

Once the dust settles from the final, triumphant race, the memory of the protagonists' names has been whisked away at the speed of 50 mph.

Full Review Source: Zap2it.com | comment Comment
08/20/05
Hanh Nguyen
Hanh Nguyen
Zap2it.com
 
 
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