Supercross (2005) User Reviews

Not as bad as you'd think/not as good as they'd think.

[fearfact0 · 3/10 · 20 August 2005]

Supercross is a movie you know. Everyone here has seen countless movies just like this before. Nothing new, however, does not necessarily mean nothing gained.

The motocross action in this is superb, and even though I'd never heard of the director (or in the case of the action perhaps the second unit director) I felt the motocross parts of the film were more than well done and well filmed. So for motocross fans, you will get some distinctive motocross action to consume lovingly.

The acting doesn't fare as well, but what do you expect? I'ts called Supercross: The movie, stars a bunch of unknowns (the two most well known are Robert Patrick in a small supporting role, and either Mike Vogel of Grind/Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame or Sohpia Bush of One Tree Hill.)While the acting doesn't necessitate awards, should it? The audience for this is not going to care as much about the acting ability as much as the ability of the movie to entertain, and it does. It's fun. Enough said.

I read a review that compared the plot to The Karate Kid, and while I could see the similarities, there are deviances; but the film itself does borrow from other sports destiny films and when you think about it...it has too. There is nothing but cliché left in this genre. So just sit back and enjoy a good time and shut your brain off. Wait for DVD if you aren't a motocross fan.

p.s. my friend saw the preview for this and his literal quote was "I'd rent that just for the hot chicks." There ya go boys.

If you want Boring movies watch the English Patient!!!!

[cincykid07 · 5/10 · 19 December 2006]

This movie was fun. I feel bad for the hardcore Supercross fans though, since a lot of the details on the bikes were really sloppily done. That is the directors or editors part. Do some research before you put that in the movie. Other than that, some have really spoken up about how bad the acting was in this movie. What? Its not Saving Private Ryan, its a sports movie driven mainly by teens and twenty somethings. The two actors Mike Vogel and Steve Howey do a good job playing brothers trying to survive in the sport of supercross. There love interest are equally appealing. It is a fun movie a couple of things left you scratching your head like what happened to the Carlyles father? I will chalk it up to again, bad editing. This movie is on par with its predecessor Winners take all , an equally entertaining supercross flick. Fun if you are young and into the sport. Bad if you are an old man watching it with your young kids or real hardcore supercross fan.

Overall, disappointing

[yzbikeboy · 3/10 · 7 July 2006]

Being a motocross racer myself, i must say that the footage was pretty cool. I thought it lame how they should show facial expressions in the helmets of the riders. I was confused about the "NAMI" company. I hate how Hollywood tries to create an off-brand that will eventually overthrow Honda or Yamaha. The NAMI bikes were clearly just fancified CRF450's. In the drag race, Tripps bike was supposed to be a cr250r. Then it magically turned into a four-stroke that makes noise like a two-stroke. I hate when some dumb-ass producer attempts to recreate an image of a sport that is just starting to grow.

I didn't like how these two clowns just entered a race with nothing after-market except for their slicks. Finally! SOmething thats real!

Thanks for a fairly nice looking woman, and a flick that has a plot. But take some note from Disneys "Motocrossed".

How To Mangle A Sport

[dgz78 · 1/10 · 10 February 2006]

How can the writers of this movie cash their checks for what they did to one of the best sports for kids and adults. Did these guys ever attend a SX race? Did they even know what SX is until they saw some clips of real SX events? The script for this mess wouldn't be good enough to pass a high school writing class. They had to know that most of the people attending this movie would have some familiarity with SX and know how preposterous it is for an unproven rookie to get a factory ride. Yeah, and the Patriots look for their quarterbacks at the pick up games down at the city park.

Here comes the spoiler (though anyone that watches the first five minutes of the movie and can't figure out how it will end is either watching the first movie of their life or sound asleep).

KC gets a factory ride and walks away from it because its the right thing to do and beats his old teammate at the big race. Riiiiiight! I've been riding bikes for 30 years. My son and I have been going to 2 SX races every year since 1996 - one here at home on St. Louis as well as a weekend trip to Indianapolis. We've met all of the top racers from the last 15 years (including Tyler Evans) because they all accessible at the races during practices or in the pits. They are always nice and appreciative of the fans - whether its Jeremy or Ricky some lowly privateer with a 3 digit number.

I know this movie was promoted at the races for two years before it was released and looking a the number of producers involved I can't believe someone couldn't figure out how to put the feeling of a real race into the picture. There were about ten seconds where I felt the excitement of walking into the RCA Dome for a race. The racing sequences were so phony and staged. Watch a race where Bubba or Ricky get a bad start and start moving up to catch the race leaders. Every time they pass someone the crowd roars until they take the lead and the stadium starts rocking.

My expectations were not real high going into the theater. I knew this wasn't going to be Olivier doing Shakespeare. I mean Mike Vogel reached his acting heights on Grounded For Life. But the puppets on Mr Rogers do a better job of showing genuine emotions than anyone on this movie.

1 star is really too many for this movie but since I can't give it zero it will have to do. But if you really want to see some good SX racing, get one of the Bar To Bar highlight DVDs. The people in them are real racers and they show highlights from real races, but the acting and the stories are better than Supercross - The Movie.

Just Bad

[smashyan · 1/10 · 16 January 2007]

I'm going to keep this short and simple because I have to move on to more important things, this movie was awful with extremely bad acting. I hated every second of it and left before the half-way mark, don't waste your money on the DVD. I have to keep writing more before IMDb can accept my comment so here goes nothing. I hated the actors, not that i have anything against them, it's just that their acting was the worst that I have ever seen in this movie. Maybe I've being unfair to them, maybe their acting sucked because of the crap they had to read, so let me touch on the writers in a couple of sentences. The stuff they wrote was pure crap-the worst of its kind. These were lines you'd expect to hear in bad 80s porn movies. I think I lost all faith in teenage sport movies (LMAO) after watching this one! Word to the wise: stay away from this movie and just watch taxi driver.

Unwatchable Trash

[Scoval71 · 1/10 · 12 December 2006]

Completely unwatchable except for the nice bodies and faces of its stars. A really trite teenage oriented movie with all the clichés, coming of age, antics and sexuality you would associate with a movie of this genre. Oh, it is bad, bad, bad. I am surprised it was even made. Or maybe I am not....these days practically anything gets produced. Just a waste of time. But I guess many teenage girls would like it, as I said, for its handsome and hunky young stars. Don't waste your time. It is that difficult to watch. Mike Vogel, more blond in this film, just postures and smiles and acts like a complete and total moron in most, no, make that all, of his scenes. It is very, very difficult to sit through the entire mess. I guess if there is nothing else on the tube, and you can find nothing to read, you may want to take a look see. The only plus is that motorcycle and racing fans may find it exciting. Even that I doubt.

So So For Fans, Stay Away If Not

[barfly4404 · 4/10 · 11 August 2005]

I was actually surprised that Supercross got even a 4 from me. It was such dumb fun, that I couldn't help but resist. Trust me, the film is really pretty bad, but me being somewhat of an extreme sport fan myself, it was hard to turn away in parts. But its this style of MTV generation kids, the ones who made this film, and the ones who may like it, that worries me. I just hope nobody mistakes this schlock for a piece of art.

The writing is, pure and simple, awful. The acting is atrocious as well, and the film get's more predictable as it goes. The dramatic sequences rarely work, but the motorbike races are actually filmed fairly well, and I was impressed with some of the stunt work. Though predictable, the film offers us a character or two to like, but the 'villians' are so cheesy and clichéd that its almost unbearable.

I won't dig deep into the plot, but it revolves around two brothers who find motocross to be a good escape from their troubles at home and after their father's death. The main characters are quite a pain, one is bossy and the other is a genuine idiot who becomes increasingly annoying, and in the final scenes I actually wanted him to crash. The emotional scenes are worthy of a cringe or two, and a predictable romance subplot gradually unfolds. The story really proceeds to make less and less sense, and all the film can offer by the end is some nice eye candy. The one liner attempts are also equally miserable.

If you're a fan of the sport, then its recommended not as a film, but more just a long infomercial on the sport, with some nice stunt work. The story is at best 3rd grade level and the bad acting is hard to ignore, but it gives a decent perspective on the sport, decent enough that a lot of fans shall be pleased. But if you're not a fan of this sport, then at all costs: Stay away!

4/10

this movie sucks

[catfishm80 · 1/10 · 5 January 2006]

this movie sucks i am a dirt bike rider and you can hear the dirt bike that the one guy rides switching back and fourth from a four stroke to a two stroke who ever made this movie is stupid they don't know anything about dirt bikes don't see it if you are dirtbike rider you will hate it trust me but for the kids it is a good movie and the actors don't evean know about dirt bikes and they evan have a copany that doesn't evan make dirtbikes whats with that if you whant to see a good show go to the real supercross our go out and by a dirtbike go out and by a dirt bike don't waste your time watching this movie trust me you will not like it

"Supercross, The Movie" Finishes The Event

[brentnewhall · 7/10 · 23 August 2005]

To the critic who exited the theater halfway through the movie, "You really missed it."

"Supercross, The Movie" racing photography at the Las Vegas Chammpionship event is the best sporting cinematography of any motion picture that I have ever seen. Super vivid and intense plastic.

Is there any better quality sports film production than later stages of "Supercross, The Movie" racing footage? Extreme close-ups, sudden slow-mo, chrome, other digital effects, aerial jumps and tight action shots are framed with excellent form detail and clarity.

The Director made some mistakes. He could have used Hollywood draw like Aaron Carter, and Sophia Bush for more than only quick supporting shots. He could have included a lot more Supercross racers, and expanded on character development. He could have made more of a total movie, and it would have been interesting for other racers to have some lines.

The camera work in the beginning of "Supercross, The Movie" is inconsistent at best. The digital sound is consistently excellent.

I liked the audio effects during the event races. The exaggerated sound is in keeping with the New York Film School style and look of the better half of the film. I even liked the framing cut aways. Not to many film makers have the courage to do something that far out of the generic mainstream.

Granted, several of the dramatic (or lack there of) scenes needed to be re-done. It is like they began the project with a total lack of organization, and filmed only one take.

Even so, the "SoCal" "seventies lifestyle" approach of what little character development there is found its mark. The storyline is fine, it is just that there is such a lack of fine tuning.

The good parts of the film were so extra over the top that they made the beginning more than survivable.

I hope the next time around they keep the excellent sight and sound quality of the final racing events, and put together better Directorship of the back-in-time lifestyle dramatic intention

Supercross? No, Superawesome

[htdmn1 · 1/10 · 7 June 2007]

All I can say is bravo. After the final scene in which a SPOILER HAPPENED THAT I CANNOT SAY OR ELSE I WILL GET BLACKLISTED, and the end credits began to roll, I sat in my seat, then stood up slowly, as the people in the theater scuffled to the nearest exit, and began to clap slowly, with each clap my motion growing stronger and faster, until I was suddenly clapping what sounded like a thunderstorm. Yes, Aaron Carter stole my heart from his first line WHICH I CANNOT REPEAT HERE, to his last breath... no! I Don't think Aaron Carter dies, because he doesn't... unless that's a spoiler too... so maybe he does die? Oh who cares! The matter of the fact is that Supercross entertains on levels that modern cinema has not even come close to (if only more American cinema captured the fantastic voyages as seen in the Bionicle movies)and leaves the audience in a state of introspection. Many people say they gained insight after watching Requiem for a Dream, but nay I say to those people. To truly find oneself, one must watch Supercross.

Fun and exciting

[laneamlin · 10/10 · 18 August 2005]

My son and I enjoyed the movie. It was fun and exciting. Lots of motorcycles. Anyone would enjoy this movie with there kids. Great job on the PG-13 rating.

My son has already been asking to see it again. He also wants to purchase a DVD, i guess we will have to wait until that comes out.

He now wants to race motor-cross, but I think watching will be good enough for now, he is nine. We have watched Moto-Crossed on the Disney channel many times (moto-crossed was done by the same company)so I'm sure we will be watching this one as well many times in the future.

Thanks for a great fun family movie.

Family entertainment

[pentinaj · 6/10 · 26 August 2005]

Supercross: Coming from a past Motocross racer, whose sons are grossly interested and active in the sport. I took my 2 boys to see this movie. After watching past with them, days/weeks/who knows how much footage or MB of digital images of just racers and riders, with no intended story line on our home TV with them, I did not know what to expect. I figured I would get much of the same, and hopefully a story to boot. I have to say when compared to some of the other full-length films related to the sport of Motocross/Supercross they made a noble effort at putting together actual film sequences, mixed with some acting abilities to present a story line even though it was somewhat weak. As a true race fan you will pick out some inconsistencies in the splicing of the actual "Clear Channel" ® footage that was used to enhance the film. It is hard to take the racing sequences to seriously when the characters are beating some of the best-known racers in the industry. It might have been a little more realistic if they could have used cameos from professional racers in more than just a passing glance. But give them a break it is a movie. However, for a dramatic effect race footage served its purpose. It allowed them to mix reality racing with drama in a manor where it did not obviously appear dubbed in. Even with the track switches and split screen viewing it gives you the impression that you are watching a broad-casted race.

Yea it has some of the most predictable film clichés in film industry, but I do not think it was directed to earn any awards. It is a story of a very common ideal in the sport. It is the struggle of two brothers K.C. and Trip that are dreaming of making it to the big show in a sport they love. From an amateur level there is a lot of effort and motivation that goes into trying to become one of the chosen few that gets the opportunity to earn a high level sponsor or a professional contract. It also shows you the different methods used to grab the necessary attention. Both methods are demonstrated slow and steady working little by little and on or over the edge going for broke. It also tries to show the kids watching that the ethics of trust, loyalty and perseverance do pay off.

If your a race fan, you should enjoy it just for the fact that our sport has climbed one more rung on the latter, to more public recognition. Hopefully we will get the attention that the sport deserves. As a parent, it is a movie that you can stand to sit through with you kids and spend a little time with them. Trust me the kid's will like it and more than likely you will be buying a copy when it is released for home theater.

they really missed the boat

[ss97-1 · 5/10 · 26 April 2008]

First let me say I've been watching Supercross since about the mid 1980s when Rick Johnson and David Bailey were banging bars.

As a fan and former pit crew member of an MX race team I was excited to hear about this movie. Especially so when I saw real MXers were consulted and used. It was only a matter of having not had a chance to see it until recently. They pumped it up at the races for two years, a lot of industry people involved, I figured it would be good no matter what....

Of course the story is thin, the actors were weak, and the realism often questionable. But I would have been willing to suspend those things just to enjoy the movie about a sport I love.

I was even willing to grant them the leeway of putting a relative unknown into a Factory ride with Nami racing, skipping the Lites class altogether. In this case all they needed to do was claim that KC could have raced in Europe or something, or make the entire case slightly younger and claim that he jumped into the fold from amateur racing at 19-20. After all Yamaha's Josh Hill has stepped into the mix on a 450cc SX machine and won races this season as an 18 year old rookie.

But far and away the most moronic thing was the fictional Nami Racing being upset that KC won. I happen to know for a fact that as much as a factory wants a champion, they are not going to begrudge a new guy winning. If anything, this in fact makes the bike look even better that an unknown rider could go out and spank the other factories on it.....you cannot buy that kind of publicity and proving....

The entire notion of "blocking" as it is portrayed is nonsense. Team Yamaha is not going to tell Josh Hill to pull over so Chad Reed can go by, and they are not going to tell Hill to take out Kevin Windham so Reed is not "bothered" by him. If your top guy cannot win without someone blocking, he is not going to win at all. I'm not sure where the inspiration was for this other than to create controversy and give KC an excuse to quit the factory ride........

Certainly they could have come up with a better idea to give KC a reason to quit Nami. A fight with Rowdy to create tension between the two would have been better. As it was the Rowdy role was weak at best and undeveloped.

They also managed to somehow fail to capture power and grace of SX/MX racing. This seems almost impossible considering Speed Channel manages to catch it every week at the track with no script. And thousands of MX/SX videos have captured since the dawn of racing. The sound effects were odd at times, and did not help convey anything other then racket, when they could have been used to enhance.

I am willing to suspend belief for movies more often than not. But with this one I had a hard time understanding why those choices were made. Especially considering they are major plot points that drive the entire story...... in this case they drive the story right into the face of a huge triple and leave you wanting a rewrite....

Austin Movie Show review

[leilapostgrad · 1/10 · 21 August 2005]

Every cast and crew member of this film will remember "Supercross" as the low point in their career. Mark my words, Supercross will one day be mentioned on a VH1 special, where some actor talks about OD-ing on coke or pain killers because of the humiliation and emotional distress caused by this flop (the weekend's not over and I already know it's going to flop). When any movie opens with the lead character telling you exactly who he is and exactly what he wants, you know you don't have much to look forward to. In this case, the lead characters are Trip and K.C. Carlyle (Mike Vogel and Steve Howey, respectively) – amateur motocross racers who dream of racing in the Las Vegas Supercross competition. And just like NASCAR, motocross is definitely a "whites-only" sport. In all fairness, if you're a hardcore motocross racer, you'll love this movie. For everyone else, this is an absolute waste of time and money.

i want to hurt this movie, but i can't hurt it like it hurt me

[Shizaft93 · 1/10 · 19 August 2005]

wow. that's all there really is to say about this movie. I don't know if a more vacuous, trite waste of film has ever been scrounged up. This movie has it all. Atrocious acting. Every cliché in the cliché book. Legions of bimbos clamoring for these schmucks. Awful dialogue about the American dream. Stuff like "you'd better watch your back" and "if i wanted to be alone, would i be stripping?" Not to mention the movie is about supercross. What a niche market that is. Never in a million years would i pay to see this movie. I happened to be seeing a good movie, and when walking out of the theatre noticed this semen stain equivalent of a movie just starting. I just couldn't help myself. I couldn't bear more than maybe twenty minutes before I ran out of the theatre screaming and proceeding to curl up in the fetal position once reaching the lobby. Please don't see this movie. Furthermore, if you see any of the actors from it on the street, kick them in the groin once for me. Thank You.

really bad

[Reeta-Beer-Queen · 1/10 · 22 August 2005]

In the middle of the movie, I decided I'd rather play in highway traffic, but I was too busy searching for someone to hold my hair back while I 'spewed chunks' on a 'gnarly track.' I was just happy it was free. Of course, free passes would be the only way to drag people away from anything to see this film. Although every race started, none of them ended. We had to figure out who won. The whole movie seemed like a first rehearsal. It seemed as though everyone was still learning their lines and they were all very upset with how bad they were. Anyone involved in this film should be ashamed. Take this as a learning experience and never do it again.

Really Lousy

[cdelacroix1 · 4/10 · 21 August 2005]

I actually left about halfway through this movie. Because neither the plot and relationships, nor the racing footage, were enough to hold my interest.

When I think about it, I guess the natural movies for comparison might be The Lords of Dogtown, and The Fast and Furious, and whatever that racing movie was that was the contemporary of Fast & Furious, that starred Sly Stallone. All three were far better movies. All three featured lots of racing action and racetrack energy and the like. And all three included some engaging off-track personal dynamics for the racers.

This movie seemed VERY short on plain old race footage and racetrack footage, and seemed to concentrate more on off-track personal relationships. Yet none of these relationships seemed to me to really appeal. "Tight but competitive" is the opening formula: but almost all I saw and heard was competition with little sense of connection. Competition without that connection is frankly very, very unappealing to my taste. I wanted to like these folks, but just couldn't.

Bummer ...

Entertaining Movie

[mwendel · 5/10 · 27 August 2006]

This is what I call a formula sports flick. The formula the very unknown local underdog plot line. Decent movie. 99.5% predictable. There's one little part at the very end I think doesn't go exactly as you might expect that might surprise about 1/2 the people watching, OK, maybe a 1/4.

Its got some cool race scenes with an OK soundtrack. Fairly interesting characters. Not something I would go out of my way to see but it makes the time fly when you're ironing shirts.

I enjoyed the movie, but its not one I see myself adding to the home DVD collection unless all of a sudden I become and extreme sports race junkie. Watch it if you want to - it won't hurt.

Sacrificed some plot and character development but moves fast

[zenzane · 6/10 · 24 August 2005]

First I have to disclose my possible bias; I invested in the movie. There's no doubt that the plot and character development are pretty darn skimpy and I was a bit taken aback that Daryl Hanna disappeared from the movie. I'm not particularly a fan of this sport, but I was really engaged by the movie. I have to assume that plot and character development were sacrificed to keep the action coming, and the motor cycle racing scenes are what kept me engaged. When the movie ended I was left wanting more. Most of the reviews of this movie have trashed it. What mystifies me is how something like "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" could have an average rating on this site that is twice that for Supercross, 'cause I thought Mr. and Mrs. Smith was one of the most worthless movies I ever sat through, even though I only paid $2 to see it. And I really liked Tomb Raider. So, I'll put up Supercross against that star vehicle any day. Hey, they're only movies. I am consoled by the fact that earnings don't seem to correlate with reviews.

I think

[taiora13 · 5 March 2006]

I think that this movie is a good one for motor cross fans and kids. It's something that's not worth paying 10 dollars for at the movies, but it is enjoyable if you are into XXX sports. I am into it and I thought the stunts were pretty cool, but there was no real plot to it. There was but it wasn't like fast and the furious where there's mystery and suspense. However, if you want to see steve howey in a different light than definitely see it. He was great, and I think he has a lot of potential as an actor. He was completely different than his van character on Reba. He was serious about what he was doing and you can tell that he loved what he was doing. I hope to see more of him in other movies because he's really talented. Overall I give it a 3 out of 10 stars.

Makes You Believe Motorcross Is The Worst Sport Ever

[MCMAYNERBERRY · 4/10 · 7 April 2009]

A motorcycle saga that chronicles the personal journey of two brothers who overcome emotional and physical obstacles to achieve success in the competitive world of Supercross racing. The brothers? conflicts are magnified by their different life choices and their decision to become competitors and rivals.

KC Carlyle (Steve Howey) is a more cautious rider than younger brother Trip (Mike Vogel), who has more natural talent but takes too many risks. When KC gets an all-expenses-paid "factory" (corporate sponsored) ride, a rift forms between the two brothers. Trip is forced to go it alone, becoming a ?privateer,? a rider without a sponsor. But when a career threatening crash ends Trip's Supercross career, he and KC realize they must put aside their conflicts and work together to help KC defeat the world's greatest Supercross champions. Supercross 4/10

Predictable yet unpredictably good

[rugbee_kickz · 9/10 · 18 August 2005]

I am really into motocross, and do motocross myself so i extremely enjoyed the film. If you don't enjoy watching a lot of motocross you won't enjoy the film too much. It's about two brothers who are very competitive yet very close in their relationship. One of the brothers gets an opportunity to race in the "supercross" leaving his brother behind cleaning swimming pools. I'll leave the ending up to u to go see in theaters. It's has a good story, and a good movie yet fairly predictable, but overall, i enjoyed it very much, and definitely will see it again. I hope that this comment maybe changed your mind of seeing this movie or not. Finally a dirt biking movie!!! yes!! :) ~Laura~

Not what we thought at all, but liked it.

[cinphoto · 6/10 · 16 February 2014]

While I wouldn't say this is a great movie, it was good. It was worth my time to watch.

The description is way off. There is very little said about their fathers "suspicious" death. My hubby and I thought this was going to be a college party movie. We were way off. It's a drama with a lot of good action.

I've never watched a supercross event in my life, but I really enjoyed the movie. I thought the acting was good with the exception of Aaron Carter who kind of sucked, but luckily was in very little of the movie. We may have liked it more because we weren't expecting much so it was a good surprise. And Steve Howey did a great job.

A by the numbers extreme sports film with underbaked melodrama and races that while large and fast don't engage on a character or story level.

[IonicBreezeMachine · 4/10 · 17 January 2023]

Brothers K. C. (Steve Howey) and Trip Carlyle (Mike Vogel) are brothers working menial jobs as pool cleaners while also competing in motocross races. While K. C. is serious minded about supporting himself and his brother, Trip is prone to brash impulsiveness and bad decisions that K. C. often has to deal with. Following a motocross race wherein Trip slides into K. C., the duo attract the attention of the head of motorcycle manufacturer Clay Sparks (Robert Carradine) who hires K. C. to run as a blocker for his son and star racer Rowdy Sparks (Channing Tatum). This ends up putting a wedge in K. C. and Trip's relationship.

First announced in December 2002, Supercross was one of the first projects announced from Tag Studios, a joint venture between Backstreet Boys and N'Sync producer (and convicted fraudster) Lou Peralman and producer of third rate children's media Steven Austin. The movie when announced while American popular culture was still running high on the "extreme" fad brought about by various extreme sports with Motocross no exception. Eventually released in August 2005, the movie was released during a lull in consumer interest in extreme culture with failures such as Torque and Biker Boyz derailing momentum caused by The Fast and the Furious and xXx and the movie was given the minimum amount of theaters for a wide release and opening far outside the top 10 and going largely ignored by moviegoers. What critics bothered to watch the movie complemented the bike stunts but were unimpressed by the thin characters and plot. Supercross is best viewed as a relic of the mid 2000s because as a movie its an anorexically thin exercise with thin characters and plot.

While the movie tries to establish K. C. and Trip as a broken family struggling to survive in the absence of a deadbeat biker father, don't expect too much development on that front because the movie doesn't really care about that and is more interested in the "extreme" parts of motocross at the expense of any real reason to care. Both Steve Howey and Mike Vogel are good actors and have shown it, but here there's very little for either of them to dig into with barely developed love interests for both of them and a wedge issue that doesn't carry the weight it should. The one actor who tries to elevate this material is Robert Patrick who functions as something of a surrogate father figure for Trip and while it's slightly better development than most of the other characters it also feels like it isn't given the breathing room it needs. Per the film's title, the movie features wall to wall motocross footage but even at only 75 minutes total runtime the novelty of these races wears out fast especially when there's no real character, investment, or stakes. The best sports movies are stories that use the sport as a backdrop for overcoming the odds or going through some personal development and you never really feel engaged in the same way you would from other sports movies. As hokey as the Hal Needham film Rad was back in the 80s, it was a more memorable and passionate filmmaking experience than Supercross which feels like a Mountain Dew ad crossed with a motocross promo. It's not the worst relic from this time as there's the bare bones of something that might work unlike Extreme Ops, but you still need actual meat on those bones.

Supercross might appeal to the hardcore motocross faithful, but for anyone else there's really not all that much here unless you're looking for a clunky time capsule of mid 2000s excess.

This Movie Is Awesome

[amberkilp · 8 December 2007]

Really don't listen to that other idiot he doesn't know nothing about this movie...They have made this movie about two orphaned boys that grow up heading for their goals and their goal is to follow in their fathers footsteps and become a supercross champion and mate who really cares about the sound of the bikes or the company, they made a company name up for this movie because thats just it mate...its a movie movies aren't real dude...

This movie is a great movie and it shows how two young brothers can work together and succeed in something, its also awesome because it has motorbikes in it and me myself have a motorbike that is good and i too plan on following my dreams and become a supercross champion..

Get ova yourself kid no one cares about the sound of the bikes in this movie or the company they just care about sitting down and watchin a good movie with friends, family or partners so just keep things like that to yourself and let them make their own judgements. OK