RAD

Showings

Chauncey -Theater 1 Wed, Jun 8, 2022 10:00 PM
Series Info
Series:Late Shift at the Grindhouse
Film Info
Rating:PG
Runtime:91 minutes
Director:Hal Needham (Smokey and the Bandit)
Year Released:1986
Production Country:United States
Language:English
Website:facebook.com/ICgrindhouse
Trailer:youtu.be/MFyM90UaFCU

Description

Wednesday gets weird when Late Shift hosts Ross Meyer, Joe Derderian and Aaron Holmgren dig up low-budget b-movies, horror and gore-fests, and camp classics for your viewing pleasure. Buy your ticket and take a ride in our Time Machine! Punch in and earn a bonus! $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon tallboys and $2 small popcorn! PLUS -- special custom trash trailer reel curated by Ross with cheap swag and prize giveaways!

BMX is his world, Rad is his way of life...  pop culture and cult film staple for over 35 years returns to the big screen in 4K. 

"Rad, which is basically Karate Kid on wheels, and is firmly considered in geek circles as the ultimate old skool BMX movie." - Robin Bougie, Cinema Sewer


"Rad is a seriously fun nostalgia trip for eighties kids and BMX fanatics!" - Ian Jane, Rock! Shock! Pop!


"The BMX footage is the real star here of course with Needham and company delivering one eye-popping series of stunts after another." - Nathaniel Thompson, Mondo-Digital.com

Cru Jones is the fastest and most talented BMX rider in his small logging town. When Duke Best, owner of Mongoose Bicycles, decides to hold a competition at a nearly impossible-to-complete BMX racing course named Hell Track, Cru decides that it's his destiny to compete in the race, which offers a winning cash prize of $100,000. But unknown to Cru, Duke has concocted the race as a publicity stunt to promote his own top rider, Bart Taylor, and begins to do everything in his power to prevent Cru from being able to enter into the competition. To make matters even more complicated, Cru soon learns that the race is scheduled the same day he's supposed to take the SATs and finds himself with a choice between his future in college and a race where all odds are stacked against him...

Among the most beloved films to emerge from the mid 80s BMX bike craze, Rad has developed an ever-growing cult audience, and stars Bill Allen (Born on the 4th of July), Lori Loughlin (Full House), two time Academy Award nominee Talia Shire (Rocky, The Godfather), Golden Globe nominee Jack Weston (Dirty Dancing), real life Olympic champion Bart Connor and more. Directed by prolific stuntman and filmmaker Hal Needham (Smokey and the Bandit) and featuring stunning photography by Richard Leiterman (Stephen King's It).