Rad (1986) on Netflix
Cru Jones races BMX in a small town and wants a place at Helltrack. Qualifying falls on the same day as his SAT, and his mother wants him to take that exam.
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- Netflix2.7/5
- IMDb6.7/108,096 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes42%
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Plot summary
Cru Jones races BMX in a small town, where he lives with his mother and younger sister Wesley. Helltrack offers its winner $100,000, a Chevrolet Corvette and fame, but the qualifying races fall on the same day as the SAT his mother insists he take. Cru picks Helltrack and earns his place. The event is endorsed by the city, and Duke Best, who heads the Federation of American Bicyclists and owns Mongoose Racing, keeps adjusting its rules to bar Cru and clear the path for BMX star Bart Taylor. Riders gather for Helltrack, among them Christian Hollings, who becomes Cru's romantic interest.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Rad (1986)
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- Rad went more than 30 years without a DVD or Blu-ray release because its rights had been split among several companies in the 1980s before reverting to executive producer Jack Schwartzman. His sons, the cinematographer John Schwartzman and the actor Robert Schwartzman, then oversaw a 4K restoration from the original negative.
- In 2013, Guardian writer Nick Evershed found that Rad had the largest discrepancy between critical and audience response in the Rotten Tomatoes database, out of a pool of 10,000 movies he analyzed.
- Co-writer and producer Sam Bernard got the idea for Rad after noticing kids performing BMX tricks in a Los Angeles park, and he and Geoffrey Edwards pitched the project to Hal Needham by taking him to a BMX tournament, which won Needham over.
