Biker Boyz (Full Screen Edition)

Buy This Item Biker Boyz (Full Screen Edition) by Dreamworks Video  Available from Amazon  $11.99  on 11-25-2008     When it's revved up to maximum rpm's, <I>Biker Boyz</I> qualifies as an adequate knockoff of <I>The Fast and the Furious</I>. Both films were inspired by magazine articles about speed-freak outlaws on the streets of California, only this time the nitrous-enhanced "rice rockets" are of the two-wheeled variety, and Smoke (Laurence Fishburne) is the reigning "King of Cali," leading a predominantly African American subculture that schedules illegal motorcycle races with high stakes and potentially lethal outcomes. Kid (Derek Luke, the promising newcomer from <I>Antwone Fisher</I>) is the latest challenger, facing off against Dogg (Kid Rock) and others before coming to terms with his own familial destiny. Following his incisive HBO debut, <I>Dancing in September</I>, director Reggie Rock Bythewood approached <I>Biker Boyz</I> as a modern Western, but it's really just a strutter's ball with polished chrome and tailpipes. Meagan Good, Lisa Bonet, and Vanessa Bell Calloway provide sexy feminine wisdom, badly needed in a movie that's all flash and precious little substance. <I>--Jeff Shannon</I> Reader Reviews I enjoyed this movie very much! An interesting story line and positive images of people of color. Makes me love Laurence Fishburne even more!

Biker Boyz (Full Screen Edition) Available from Amazon Price: $11.99 Updated on 11-25-2008.

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