Supercross (2005)

Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.

Director:

Steve Boyum

Writers:

Ken Solarz (screenplay), Bart Baker (screenplay)

Stars:

Steve Howey, Mike Vogel, Sophia Bush

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Howey	...	K.C. Carlyle
Mike Vogel	...	Trip Carlyle
Cameron Richardson	...	Piper Cole
Sophia Bush	...	Zoe Lang
Aaron Carter	...	Owen Cole
Channing Tatum	...	Rowdy Sparks
Robert Patrick	...	Earl Cole
Robert Carradine	...	Clay Sparks
Carolina Garcia	...	Starr
Ryan Locke	...	Jeff Johnson
JD Pardo	...	Chuy
David Castillo	...	Jimmy Castillo
Erin Bates	...	Herself
David Pingree	...	Billy
Alana Austin	...	Rider Girlfriend

Storyline

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 is a more cautious rider than his younger brother Trip, 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 at 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 that they must put aside their conflicts, and work together to help KC defeat the world's greatest Supercross champions.

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Plot Keywords:

supercross | one word title | winning | swimming pool | paddock | 

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Taglines:

Fear nothing. Risk everything.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

TAG Entertainment, Inc. [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fast Boys

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,330,520, 21 August 2005, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$3,101,301, 25 September 2005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tag Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The exterior shots of the Team Nami building are actually the Kawasaki Motorcycle Headquarters formerly located in Irvine, California. They did not however, have a private test track next to the property.

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Goofs

The starting line-ups, tracks and its surroundings, ranking position of the racers, and groups of racers changes many times throughout the movie between shots.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Trip Carlyle: [narrating] My name's Trip Carlyle. This is my brother, K.C. We're tight, but that doesn't mean we don't compete.

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Connections

References Baywatch (1989)

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Soundtracks

Days Of My Life
Written by Chuck Gladfelter
Performed by City of London

User Reviews

Really Lousy

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 ...