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"thunder in your heart" and "break the ice" are amazing songs

You gents are obviously too young, BMX was HUGE in the 80’s!!!

I loved this movie as a kid, and it influenced me to push my mom for a new BMX bike. I have probably watched this movie 50 times!

I saved money for a long time to get a BMX bike after watching this movie. I still have the bike.

Those of us who were a certain age when this movie came out love it. This was a huge part of my childhood.

2019 and still watch this movie a couple times a year. Found out about it when I was a kid after getting a used 1987 GT Performer from an older cousin and he told me to rent this movie

The movie is deeper than they understand. Only 2 people truly see Cru's talent before he beats Bart Taylor; Kristen and the Duke Best. Kristen does everything to try and inspire him, and Best does everything to try and stop him.

"Send Me an Angel" is my favorite 80s song. This movie introduced me to it so it'll always be worth something to me!

Back in my day you weren't cool unless you raced BMX bikes

LOVED this movie as a kid, and I still enjoy it now. Somewhere I came across a 1080i version on DVD that someone made I think from a dish or directv showing or something. My uncle was into BMX and even made a replica of the ramp Cru is trying to backflip on. BMX Bandits has its place, but I think taking riders and having them act was better than taking actors and trying to turn them into BMX riders. Soundtrack is great on Rad, the stunts are great, the riding is real, and yeah maybe it's a nostalgia trip for me, but it's still worth watching if you haven't seen it.

Gleaming the cube... skateboard movie with Christian skater in mid 80's... also about a murder.. would make a great rental review

My daycare had two films, Rad & Beaches. Guess what the all female staff made us watch every week for an entire summer? Not Rad.

You don't remember BMX from the '80s? WHAT? Everyone had a BMX when I was a kid. I had a BMX!

Skateboarding not big? Thrashin'? Gleaming the Cube?

I was sitting in the bleachers when they filmed the Hell track race scene.

You tried to touch your elbows too didn't you?

This was filmed in and around Calgary, Alberta, including the neighborhood called Bowness. I used to live there, and this movie blew all of our minds with how *rad* they made our home seem. Fun movie!

i used to watch RAD on VHS all the time in my youth. i still love its RADness. 10/10 would Ass Slide to it anytime. BMX prom dancing. nuff said.

As someone who rode BMX in the 90’s and 2000’s, my friends and I LOVED this movie for all its cheesy and sappy glory. For all the reasons the rental review guys say they don’t like it, all my friends and I got so much joy out of this movie!

If only there was a cinemassacre rental store.

these guys are just a little too young to remember but this is a cult classic for those born in the early to mid 70s. Right before video games, bmx was huge. Even this year there was a recreation of the track from the movie and had the star there. google Helltrack 2018... It's 32 years later!

Fun fact: the gray jumpsuits the twin bros wear are reused wardrobe from the 1980's TV miniseries 'V' and its sequels.

Bribing people to get your kids into elite colleges is so RAD!.😎

You guys should try Gleaming the Cube with Christian Slater from '89. A bunch of teen skaters take down a crime ring and Rodney Mullen does all the skate tricks!

In memory of Burt Reynolds you should do Cop And A Half(1993) next

Oh come on , Rad wasnt that bad ... and yes it is cheesy as hell but the races and the stunts are awesome

Hope GLEAMING THE CUBE is on the list for upcoming reviews somewhere :) THANKS!!!

YES!!! I ACTUALLY saw this in the theatre... I wear that as a badge of honor, as I'm pretty sure it got a theatrical release window of about 12 hours. ;)

Here's hoping someone in the store is a skateboard fan because we've got Gleaming the Cube w/ Christian Slater & Thrashin' w/ Josh Brolin.

When I was a kid, I lived in a group home and we had like 3 VHS tapes and this was one of them, so I have seen this movie probably 700+ times.

The twins' suits at the dance are from the "V" miniseries.

rented this so much as a child

Rad was one of my favorite movies growing up. I was born in 1982 and remember watching this from a local video rental store. As for a skateboarding movie watch the movie gleaming the cube. That one was great. Also a motorbike movie that was good was the movie called dirt bike kid

The face James makes when he says "how many BMX movies can there be?" Is so pure, I absolutely love this series.

They have a 4k version coming out. They have finally sent me an angel!

Rad is not bad

My dad rented this movie for me FROM THE GAS STATION!!! Remember when your corner store or gas station could rent movies? We actually had to sign up and pay to rent from the corner gas station back in 1988. He brought "Rad" and "Adventures In Babysitting" home. One's a classic, the other, not so much. I do remember watching this movie though, back when I was 6 or so.

Promise me you’ll do “UHF” with Weird Al some day.

These are becoming my favorite videos at the moment, just dudes hanging out in a video store (James's basement). Good times.

Great episode, but I think you missed two big points about this movie: #1 It had Olympic gold medalist Bart Conner - that alone is worth discussion. However point #2 is a far bigger omission: this movie was Directed by the great Hal Needham! Smokey and the Bandit! Cannonball Run! Hooper! Megaforce! C'mon guys, this film is noteworthy for its Director more than anything

Y’all better put some respect on “Rad’s” name!!! Also “Thrashin” was the skateboard equivalent of this movie. I LOVE both of them!!!

I agree it's cheesy, but it's also totally awesome! When I was 7-9 years old, I probably rented this movie 200 times... I injured myself many times attempting to emulate the tricks performed in RAD... I saved for years to buy a Haro because of this movie! I liked BMX before RAD hit, but this movie made my love for BMX eternal, because it's woven into the fabric of my childhood.

21:39 Pogs were my shit back in the day! I used to have a huge collection of them with slammers omg! (So much nostalgia here ever!)

Thunder in your heart, send me an angel, RAD has some RAD songs!

Rad was one of my best movies in the late 80s🤔

Now it’s on 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome. :) it’s Glorious.

this was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. I had my parents rent it for me multiple times.

Rad is great, but not as sweet as Airborne.

I never saw this one, but I saw Gleaming the Cube with Christian Slater.

Also see 'The Dirt Bike Kid' (which came out around the same time as Rad). There's 'Gleaming the Cube' and 'Thrashin' if you want 80's skateboarding movies. I remember the 80's and early 90's being big on skiing movies too.

That Tony guy could not have been less enthused... I found it distracting to be honest. RAD was such a fun movie and had one of THE BEST SOUNDTRACKS EVER!!!!

Damn this movie was a HUGE part of my childhood! They need to bring Hell Track back!!!

James, you're my favorite KZfaqr, you have inspired me to choose film as my career. Thank you, man, really.

I LOVED this movie as a kid!!! It was more about seeing the tricks and jumps then running out and trying it on your BMX. Bitd before the internet you had to rely on movies like this to learn something new or know that it was possible to do it.

Rocky Karate Kid- Rocky of karate Rad-Rocky of BMX Thrashin-Rocky of Skateboarding North Shore- Rocky of surfing Side Out- Rocky of Men's beach volleyball

I would say something about the large guy saying he didn't know much about BMX growing up in the 80s... and point out an obvious possible reason... but nah. That said growing up in the 80s while I didn't know a lot about the "pro" scene of things, I did know a good amount about the bikes because I road them everywhere as a kid... back when you could do that it seems.

Keep these commin. 3 ninjas, sidekicks, cobra, all the 90s freshness

"I'm sure there's some kind of skateboard movie-" Holy crap, kick that guy out of the damn store

I love this "fuck it, put the camera there I guess" style of blocking a scene in the opening skits. Especially how half the time the people talking aren't even completely in frame, or someone with their back to the camera is standing right in front of them. Very original.

I discovered this movie in the 80's, along with The Dirt Bike Kid. Love them both and still watch them today. Yes, they're cheesy but it's good cheese, in my opinion. Oh, and Winners take all. Another good one.

SEND ME AN ANGEL was also used in the Jason Bateman movie Teen Wolf Too (1987)

Rad was huge in my childhood. One of my favorite movies! Lori Loughlin was hot as hell, too.

I loved this movie growing up. Airborne from 1993 is a good movie too

Sorry, I'm stopping this video to watch Rad. Never seen that, really want to see it now.

You HAVE to watch the 80's skateboard movie THRASHIN' if you haven't! It has so many big/cult actors and a live performance by Red Hot Chilli Peppers!

You guys should do the 1989 classic Gleaming the Cube where a young avid skateboarder played by Christian Slater uncovers a government conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother's mysterious death.

Please keep doing these guys I have enjoyed these just as much as avgn. Thank you

State of the art database software. 💓

Next review: "Gleaming the Cube"

Skateboard movie - Gleaming the Cube with 1989 Christian Slater Rlloerblade movie - Prayer of the Rollerboys with 1990 Corey Haim

How have you not reviewed the 90s classic airborne. That is prime fodder🤣

I have to put this suggestion in caps, but please do THE GUYVER review!!

Bmx bandits was trash! RAD is great cult film loved it as a kid my son now loves it & I always though that Rod and Todd could have been cast as the Gi Joe Cobra twins.

Yeah the 80's had BMX Bandits, Rad, and Pee-wee's Big Adventure for BMX. Also, Rad has Send Me an Angel which was in The Wizard also a classic.

I LOVE this movie. Great soundtrack!! "Getting ready to break the ice!!"

Talia Shire's husband at the time, Jack Schwartzman, owned the company (Taliafilm) that produced Rad.

I remember BMX magazine being my go to at the library. I had a bunch of skateboarding shirts. However, I nether skated or rode bmx. It was so cool, but nobody I knew did ether. I also lived in Southern Oregon so it was not a dense urban environment in th 80s. Cheers!

Seems like a lot of the points these guys “came up with” were lifted directly from The How Did This get made podcast from a few months ago on Rad. Same thing with the Surf Ninjas review.

I was going to say Rad did finally get a blue ray release but they just remastered it to 4K and you can buy it in Apple TV. Maybe one day they will give us what the people want.

Ok guys, I was 13 when this movie came out, and it was amazing!! I loved it. BMX was hot at the time.There were freestyle comps and dirt track races all over the place. I remember going to the bookstore and begging my mom to buy me a BMX magazine. Everyone in school was talking about this movie and loved it! This is a movie , that if you were a teen in the 80's YOU 100% KNOW AND LOVED THIS FILM!! This wasnt some unknown movie that no one knew about! Skatrebording was getting big at the same time too. Tony Hawk was skating for Powell Peralta with the legendary Bones Brigade. This was a convergence of pop culture that would eventually lead us to the X Games. Any way, if you talk about rad you gotta talk about thrashin !! They go so well together. I fell you cant talk about one with out talking about the other. They need to be box set..lol

I would love this series as a podcast

RAD is a movie you really needed to see as a kid, during the time when a "trick bike" was all you needed in life. ONly during this time did the movie capture you and suck you in. Back when you and your friends would steal some wood from dad, build a ramp and get hurt ramping your bike in the street. If you aren't an 80s kid, you prolly won't get this movie. James should be old enough to get this movie. I guess he was just too into movies and missed the BMX days

"Beam me up" is simply because the storekeeper has that bad Scottish accent.

You kinda had to see this movie during its era. It was perfect for its time. I love it, even though i know it is super cheesey and full of cliches. The music was awesome esp thunder in your heart and send me an angel.

thunder in your heart was opening song in TURBO KID as well and fits perfectly. TURBO KID is awesome

I was born in 79 so I remember this movie being a pretty big deal growing up (even though I never saw it) and skate boarding was pretty popular in the 80's far as i remember

Every kid wanted a BMX bike in the 80's to ride around and get permanent scars on their elbows and knees attempting tricks. (We didn't need no pads back then!) We used the trick pegs on the rear and front axles to haul passengers. All one had was solid plastic frame wheel rims and front and back hand brakes along with being able to spin the handlebars 360 degrees. I got a cheap Huffy but hey I was still happy and must have put a thousand miles on the thing. Everyone rode bikes back in the day-kinda sad to see not many kids doing it or when they do their parents make them put motocross armor on. We learned how to ride by realizing the more we crashed, the more painful the learning experience would be. Everyone with a skateboard and boombox (that took 6 or 8 'D' batteries) would play 'Send Me An Angel' while skateboarding in the park.

That guy on the far left needs to get KO'd. This movie is a classic if you grew up then, besides, Lori Loughlin.. She was the original Kelly Kapowski

You should do a chopping mall or gleaming the cube episode

I was born in 1980. Where I grew up in New York this movie was like a holy grail. We were all big into Mongoose bikes with the spokes for tricks on the back tires. None of us were any good, but we idolized this movie for some reason. The bike dance scene...wow. Edit: Fun fact....Talia Shire actually owns the rights to the movie and has tried to shop around for people to make a sequel.

Glad I’m not the only one with that “oh god no why are they touching, that’s terrible” reaction to the elbows. It’s like touching nails to each other.

C'mon guys @7:44 It's Real Life who does 'send me an angel' not Real Talk. Also note 'Send me an Angel' was released in Decemeber '83 originally so this movie wasn't even hip on new releases at the time.

Any famous people in the movie? Jack Weston the villain guy was a 40+ year actor. And Ray Walston from my favorite martain acted just as long. Not to mention Bart Conner a gymnast who won a few Olympic medals was trying to break into acting.

Cru delivers newspapers (not always successfully) and has customers that hate and love him. At the end of the day he ends up racing on an obstacle course to rousing applause. Rad was Paperboy the movie. Game on!

Dude, how is this video so entertaining to watch even if you guys are talking about a film that nobody knows and probably isn't that good? I feel like I'm there with you listening in. This is great.

Man, BMX was booming when this came out when I was a kid. We watched it a ton of times. It's crap, but when you were a kid into doing tricks on your bike? These crap movies are the only way you get to see these tricks get done in those days. Otherwise it's just pictures in a magazine. Thrashin' and RAD were my childhood.

I love spending Friday afternoons at the Cinamassacre Video Store

Man, Honest to God I remember this being out in my video store and thinking it was so cool. BMX was huge when I was a kid. There were no mountain bikes. It was only 10speeds that the creepy kids in your school road. BMX bikes were so cool. With your pegs, you could easily double your buddy and to some rad tricks. Skate boarding was cool too. Skate or die? Bad now, awesome then!

I love RAD. My cousin and I would watch this and Gleaming the Cube all the time. Laurie Laughlin was hot and that send me an angel song is great! I would rather watch this than Star Wars: Rey Rules The Galaxy any day of the week.