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| 2 | A 1986 movie about BMX racing, complete with a heavy amount of [[TotallyRadical '80s slang]], [[EightiesHair hairdos]], and music. It stars a racer named Cru, who must choose between a qualifying spot on the upcoming Helltrack BMX race and his [=SAT=]s toward college, both of which take place on the same day. |
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| 4 | [[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused]] with the 2019 Creator/DoubleFine {{Roguelike}} [[VideoGame/{{RAD}} of the same name]]. |
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| 6 | !!This film provides examples of: |
| 7 | * TheEighties: Fashions, slang and BMX racing. It's impossible to get any more 80s. |
| 8 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: The Mongoose Bicycling Company CEO is pretty much pure evil and rigs the bike races to promote his own riders. |
| 9 | * FallingInLoveMontage: Between Cru and Christian as they go have a day in the woods, throw rocks, and slide into a lake fully clothed. |
| 10 | * FlippingTheBird: Everyone who's seen the film remembers Ray Walston [[spoiler:flipping off the CEO]]. |
| 11 | * LongList: The announcer of the big race spends about two minutes of screen time listing the names, home towns and racing teams of every single racer. |
| 12 | * MovingTheGoalposts: Duke Best initially declares that any resident who wants to can take part in the Helltrack qualifiers for a chance to compete in the big race. It's clearly just a ploy to placate any ruffled local feathers; when Cru actually manages to qualify, Best manufactures several previously-unmentioned rules designed purely to block him from racing by requiring company sponsorship. |
| 13 | %%* SloMoBigAir |
| 14 | * TotallyRadical: Need we say more? Hell, it's even in the title! |
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