Product Information
Smoke is the leader of the Black Knights, an underground motorcycle club. Kid is a talented rider who wants to become the best so he can carry on his late father's reputation. They both go head to head to sort out once and for all who is the best...Product Identifiers
ProducerGina Prince-Bythewood, Erwin Stoff, Stephanie Allain
EAN5051188123734
eBay Product ID (ePID)54604380
Product Key Features
ActorBrendan Fehr, Meagan Good, Orlando Jones, Derek Luke, Lisa Bonet, Djimon Hounsou, Kid Rock, Larenze Tate, Laurence Fishburne
Film/TV TitleBiker Boyz
DirectorReggie Rock Bythewood
Release Year2006
GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure
Run Time106 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate12A/12
Number of Discs1
ComposerCamara Cambon
Executive ProducerDon Kurt
Additional InformationThis eclectic entry in the "extreme sports" genre takes a close, fictionalized look at the world of California motorcycle clubs. (It is based on an L.A. New Times article.) The great Laurence Fishburne appears as Smoke, the unbeaten "king of Cali" motorcycle racing, and president of The Black Knights. When Smoke's ace mechanic (Eriq La Salle) is killed by a flying bike, his furious son Kid (Derek Luke), starts his own club, the Biker Boyz, to gain respect and challenge Smoke for the coveted crown. Bronx-born director Reggie Rock Blythewood keeps the action flowing from drag race to party and back again, steeping the audience in the ritual of the subculture, allowing it to serve as more than a mere backdrop to the coming-of-age mythos and adrenaline pumping, kinetically edited race and stunt sequences. A great soundtrack helps the narrative roll smoothly over some of the film's dramatically bumpy stretches, and music icon Kid Rock has a memorable turn as Dogg, Smoke's rough riding chief rival. Larenz Tate, Orlando Jones, and Djimon Honsou also lend strength as their fellow bikers. The very cool Lisa Bonet and the very fine Meagan Good play Smoke's and Kid's respective love interests.
ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - ...The great Fishburne is a wizard at conjuring mystique..., Los Angeles Times - BIKER BOYZ is the kind of movie Howard Hawks would have made if he'd lived long enough to feel the heat of hip-hop's impact on the culture at large..., Variety - ...Fishburne is his reliably commanding self....The physical challenges in the filming come through on screen...
ScreenwriterCraig Fernandez, Reggie Rock Bythewood
Sound sourceDolby Surround
Movie/TV TitleBiker Boyz
Director of PhotographyGreg Gardiner