This was filmed at my school, in and around my neighborhood, and I was even an extra. It was just being part of the crowd but I was given free PB&J sandwiches and I got to watch these amazing BMXers ride that course all day. It was heaven.
I was born in 84 and bikes were still everything around 89-90. Doing "tricks on bikes" as we used to say back then, was LIFE!!! Then I discovered RAD and that was all she wrote. Thrashin' was the skateboard version. These 2 movies to this day are among my favorite movies. It bugs me to NO END that James Rolfe from CInemassacre (AVGN) always shits on RAD. It makes no sense, he is the right age to understand, maybe he grew up in a neighborhood where kids didn't get into bikes? LIke the ONE neighborhood in America?
@@DrMurdercock I've known a couple people through my life that shit on rad I don't think it's personal, perhaps seems more like something to shit on I'll do my research and write a thesis
I'll agree with BMX Freestyling was huge at that time. But as an enthusiast I was disappointed with the movie. So did the majority of my friends. It focused on BMX racing rather than Freestyle completions. I appreciate it more today than I did then due to nostalgia.
BMX freestyle was huge but only in places like California. There were no BMX groups in the Midwest and no such thing as X games either. All we had in the Midwest was our bikes and this movie.
My Mom died when I was young but we wore this VCR tape out while she was alive.She used to take me to get a vanilla milkshake from McDonalds and a BMX magazine and I would tell her all the new parts out.These were good days.
Me to man. My mom would even let me bring a bike part in to clean while I was watching rad or whatever and reading a mag, while eating mc d's or dairy queen. My ma died just a couple years ago. Sure miss the 80s
At 42 years old i still watch RAD and Thrashin several times a year. Takes me back to the days of a kid riding bikes and skateboards with my friends in the neighborhood
The songs "thunder in your heart" and "breaking the ice", to me they are as iconic as any inspiring song in the Rocky movies. If you love the movie rad you know exactly what I mean. Great review minty, been waiting for this one for a long time.
I've seen this movie over 150 times easy growing up. Going by my cousin's house with my bmx bike tied down in the trunk of my father's car started off some of my best childhood memories. You can't replace that. I feel sorry for the kids of the digital world, because the digital world takes away most of the magic for a child early in life in addition to kids making bonds that last a life time.
@@natey3455 Thrasin omg i thought i was the only one that thought that was as good as Rad i love theme both. Crew Jones was my is idle growing up. To this day i quote Rad and Thrasin all the time
I miss the hell out of my BMX days. I raced for 4 years and won several trophies. I must say they were the best days of my life. The 80's rock and always will 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Rad was one of my favorite movies growing up. I used to spend countless hours learning all of the bike stunts, and to this day, one of my favorite songs is still "Thunder in your Heart".
I was born in '83. My mom told me that i watched rad so many times that she had to buy a second copy. This literally defined my youth. I went on to ride BMX long into my 20's. Most all of my friends in my teens were made while riding bikes.
The term “balls out” refers to governors on steam engines. The faster the engine went, these arms with balls at the end would get spun and lifted by centrifugal force. At the top of their reach, the engine would be “governed” from going any faster. At this point, with the arms stretched fully, the engine would be said to be going “balls out.”
It was put on TV titled as , "A Brother's Justice". [Also, "Skate Or Die" in the world market.] I guess they thought Gleaming The Cube could be taken as a drug reference.
My dad worked night shift when I was growing up, and he’d take me to our movie rental place several times a week (probably to distract me into staying home while he was at work!), and I would get Rad all the time. My favorite movie!! I now have it on DVD, and watch it a few times a year, mainly because my wife thinks it’s sooo cheesy!
IT shows clips of Eddie Fiola at the start of this video around 2:00. Notice how HIGH he got out of the bowl. Now, remember that was the early 80s. Eddie was a MONSTER
👍 this has to be mentioned! Just as great the Intro Montage, overcast mysterious fog flatland, trick, quarterpipe riders all coming together with all brand of bikes to name a few: GT, Redline, Dyno, Hutch, Mongoose. The intro was raw deal and gave legitimacy alone, was responsible for the cult like following.
@@runzization hell ya! Riding all day every day. I had a baby blue GT pro world tour with the white mag wheels that I could do all the neat tricks on. I could stand on the seat and bars forever. Cherrypickers. ✔. and the chromed out racing mongoose. Sexxy mongoose. Finally gave that mongoose to my childhood friends son a couple years back because he wanted to hit the jumps. He sold that thing and got a cool mountain bike. My last BMX bike was black market. Got into downhill mountain bikes and ended up losing two feet of my intestines to a tree. Old man here and will not ever lose the thrill of riding those bikes!
Ahh, 80's was definitely the best decade for great movies. I love this movie along with Thrashin, the Police Academy's, The Wraith and almost anything with Bill Murray, John Candy, Eddie Murphy and Molly Ringwald. Not to mention all of the 80s cheese on those fantastic slasher movies. I know I'm cutting out a lot but this entry would be endless if I continue.
RAD and Thrashin are two of my favorite movies growing up. I was 8 years old when the two came out and I was hooked! I still watch them whenever they come on tv
I'm 23 and I watched the movie for the first time last night. As a bike nerd, I LOVED IT. And the thing that struck me the most was that Lori Loughlin was not only the main character's girlfriend, but primordially THE NUMBER ONE FEMALE BMX RIDER. That's freaking HUGE and I can't thank the writers enough for it ❤
As a fan of the G.I. Joe toyline, I saw them as that right away. Plus this was also mentioned when James Rolfe and his friends talked about it on Cinemassacre Rentals.
wstine79, it's funny you mentioned that.. When this video 1st hit the net: "Girl Biker Performs - You Must See" th-cam.com/video/WB3qTVg3hhs/w-d-xo.html I opened up another tab, and played Send mean an angel in the background! To me anyway, it was amazing and funny at the same time! 🤘😂 Sam -
Goodbadflicks has covered both Rad & BMX Bandits, but it is awesome to see Rad getting some more love, by receiving the Minty treatment. It certainly deserves it!
I would say that Lori Loughlin had more success than the twins. I had no idea who they were, but if you show a picture of Lori then everyone recognizes her from Full House.
It’s funny that most bike riders hated that song because of the stupid dance scene. The Plywood Hoods have a scene in Dorkin’ in York 3 where Kevin Jones stops riding to throw his boombox when send me an angel comes on.
Good choices all around. Years ago on You Tube, a guy did a really amazing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles music video tribute to Raphael with Thunder In Your Heart as the song. It was great, now every time I hear Thunder In Your Heart I think of Raphael.
I definitely remember the "Send Me an Angel" montage bit, memorable. We all wanted Haros, GTs, and Redlines with rotors and front and rear pegs but could barely do a donkey kick!
In 2018 Texplex, outside of Dallas, built Helltrack and had a Rad festival. You could ride the track if you wanted to. They also had a race that you could enter as well. That was a blast to watch!
@TheJudgeOfGood She did wrong, but I'm sure its common and I'm not sure why it has been blown into such a big thing - You have most of congress doing insider trading without anyone even calling them on it but Lori is the devil because she tried to bribe a school to accept her kid??
35th anniversary Minty. It is being shown nationwide for one night only. You got me all worked up mate. I am going tonight. I enjoy your content and personality, Much love from Los Angeles.
Met Eddie Fiola by coincidence as he was in my local bike shop. I was walking around in the shop, turned and saw Eddie. I was about 46 at the time, and I turned into a 13 yr again. I freaked out, we chatted, and I got a picture with him. I'm still riding bmx at 51. Being psyched by Eddie, Martin, and the movie Rad as a kid cemented my place with bmx.
Yeah I only had the service merchandise brand Huffy but the cool rich kid up the street had the mongoose with the rotors and pegs! Damn this movie for lowering my dirt bike class status!
@@TomS-ho6td He has done a Heathers overview/review, so I’d say there’s a strong chance. And yes, nice Pump Up The Volume reference; that deserves a 10 Things as well 😁
Gleaming the cube sucked, fake as stunt parts in film, only thing cool in the movie is when natas...Ollie's up into pizza hut pick up, with rivites in the truck bed, he landed it
I absolutely loved this movie when I was a kid, it shocks me that it wasn’t bigger at the time because to me it seemed huge. This movie got me into bmx which I still love to this day!!!
Dont forget they also used "send me an Angel" in The Wizard in 1989 too. That was a pretty popular song back then. edit: Any chance you'll do License to Drive with Corey Haim this year? Would love to see a 10 things episode on that.
@@doreendeluca1466 yes, and she was also in Summer School with Mark Harmon and Kirsty Alley, playing a pregger high school senior. Her name is Shawnee Smith. Also starred in a Ted Danson show on tv called Becker from the late 90s early 2000s.
I knew brothers that raced in Rockford a few times! Their house is where I saw this movie lol they had a room of trophies and transitioned to dirt bikes as they got older
Back when all that mattered is if your bike tires had air. Ride around town/neighborhood hitting all the usual ramps and jumps you learned from countless hours riding around. I remember knowing EVERY jump in my small town, forward and back. I used to know every square inch of that town. Shortcuts, jumps, where the dogs where, etc. I just remember the feeling of being free, like I've never been able to get again, closest ive come to feeling that again was on a motorcycle. I'm sure you remember watching RAD, getting all pumped up, hopping ont he bike, taking off and ramping all over town lol. Man I wished I could go back to just ONE day of those times again.
It had a poorly promoted and limited release. I learned about it from a trailer on another video and had to see it. I've since collected a soundtrack, VHS release, one poorly made DVD copy and now the HD release.
This was my childhood in South Carolina! Rented this movie one day and watched it at a sleepover and the next day we were wanting to do backflips off ramps and jumping everything we could find. Thanks for bringing back great memories!
Thank you for making this video. I was very excited to see the film in theaters. The opening scene with all the Pro freestylers was amazing. I was blown away when I saw the film. After seeing the movie I built a really cool GT Pro performer bike. Later I built a chrome Haro Master. I got into doing the basic tricks. I started going to BMX shows when the different BMX companies would go on tour in the summer. GT, Haro, Hutch, And Redline. Those were some fun times!
I was 14 when this movie came out and had been learning Freestyle tricks for a couple of years, by then. I think it rang a little more familiar for me because my family also worked for the local newspaper and delivered them for some time, so I felt the bike/paperboy connection. At the time, the big names in BMX and Freestyle were like movie stars to the biking world. Eddie Fiola, R.L. Osborn and Ron Wilkerson were huge in the Freestyle world. They would go on nationwide tours and do exhibition shows at all the big bike shops. Jose Yanez had successfully done the very first backflip on a bicycle the year before. A couple of the big stars went on to start their own bike companies, such as Bob Haro. Those bikes were pricey, for sure. Hutches, Haros and Redlines easily sold for $800+ in the mid 80's. That's the equivalent to over $2230 today. My family wasn't exactly rich. I worked odd jobs and bought a white Schwinn Predator Freestyle for $250. (equivalent to about $800 today) I then proceeded to change nearly everything on the bike. The only original parts were the rims, frame and forks. By the time I was done, I was left with a white frame and rims with all lavender accessories. Even the tires were lavender. My father absolutely hated it. lol That bike got stolen twice but it was so easily recognizable, I got it back both times. So, as far as the movie, it was the only thing we had; but even back then, we all agreed it was cheesy and poorly produced. Of course, my friends and I watched it multiple times but it eventually lost its luster. I can't believe it actually made it to a blu-ray release.
Hey…we did what we could with what we had back then. My first BMX bike was a Schwinn banana seat conversion… chromoly frame man that sucker was heavy.🍻
I had a black Predator, that got stolen…by my dope head mother. She traded it for meth when I was 11. She swore it got stolen, but you couldn’t see it from the road and the entire neighborhood was afraid of my stepdad.
@@jamessimpson2674 She Did Her Time Even Though It Was Short! Guess The Pandemic Came In Handy For Some Folks! I Was Disappointed in Lori Loughlin For Being So Stupid! However People Forget To Forgive, Which Is Even WORSE! If I Was The Judge , I Would Have Made Lori Loughlin Pay The Fine & Donate Her Money & Time To Help Those Families Who Couldn't Afford College, Instead Of Doing Time In Jail! Besides Her daughter Didn't even want to go to College, especially when she WAS a big social media star. So Much For That! College Is Overrated, Trade School Or Military School Should Be The Options!
@@jimkirk989 yes I agree... The damage is done now and I would say her name is trash in the Industry now... Maybe her daughter can get a job at Taco Bell to help pay the rent!!!!!
I don't care what the critics say, "Rad" is one of the greatest movies to ever grace the silver screen. Simply, not enough can be said about it. The characters, including the stunning Lori Loughlin, the plot, and the incredible BMX riding/racing are like no other. All young people need to watch this movie to learn what the 80's were all about and how awesome they were!
This was filmed at my school, in and around my neighborhood, and I was even an extra. It was just being part of the crowd but I was given free PB&J sandwiches and I got to watch these amazing BMXers ride that course all day. It was heaven.
I was an extra in the movie Mosquito Coast with Harrison Ford and River Phoenix.
I was Crue in the movie it was a great time
He’s lying: he was Cru in the movie Rad, not Crue!
you are so Lucky. you from Camada?
Love it. I’m so jealous. Would have loved to be there !!
For those of us born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s, Rad was a movie that meant so much. As BMX freestyle was such a popular thing
I was born in 84 and bikes were still everything around 89-90. Doing "tricks on bikes" as we used to say back then, was LIFE!!! Then I discovered RAD and that was all she wrote. Thrashin' was the skateboard version. These 2 movies to this day are among my favorite movies.
It bugs me to NO END that James Rolfe from CInemassacre (AVGN) always shits on RAD. It makes no sense, he is the right age to understand, maybe he grew up in a neighborhood where kids didn't get into bikes? LIke the ONE neighborhood in America?
@@DrMurdercock I've known a couple people through my life that shit on rad I don't think it's personal, perhaps seems more like something to shit on I'll do my research and write a thesis
I'll agree with BMX Freestyling was huge at that time. But as an enthusiast I was disappointed with the movie. So did the majority of my friends. It focused on BMX racing rather than Freestyle completions. I appreciate it more today than I did then due to nostalgia.
BMX freestyle was huge but only in places like California. There were no BMX groups in the Midwest and no such thing as X games either. All we had in the Midwest was our bikes and this movie.
You're so wrong. I grew up in Indiana and freestyle was everything in the 80's sorry but you're full of BS.
This movie inspired an entire generation of BMX riders, many who continue to ride well into their 40s and 50s.
It inspired me and I’m in my 40’s but there is no way I could do this now. I feel like I’m going to die every morning when I get up for work.
Me. I got back into it five years ago. I race a Haro Blackout class bike along with a Chase cruiser. It got me into strength training too
I'm 48 and still ride
@@HouseWashingRick im 48 and ride me bike to work everyday! Yes!
@andy barrett that's awesome to hear brother
My Mom died when I was young but we wore this VCR tape out while she was alive.She used to take me to get a vanilla milkshake from McDonalds and a BMX magazine and I would tell her all the new parts out.These were good days.
Awesome memory dude
So awesome… Good times.
Me to man. My mom would even let me bring a bike part in to clean while I was watching rad or whatever and reading a mag, while eating mc d's or dairy queen. My ma died just a couple years ago. Sure miss the 80s
My mom was cool too She bought me a Robinson SST when I was kid. I'm 44 and still have it to this day.
i love moms
At 42 years old i still watch RAD and Thrashin several times a year. Takes me back to the days of a kid riding bikes and skateboards with my friends in the neighborhood
What a thing called nostalgia! 👏 🙂
Yep. Same.. both classics
Rad will always be my #1 movie
The kids nowadays will never understand.
Thrashing is badass Go Josh Brolin !
The songs "thunder in your heart" and "breaking the ice", to me they are as iconic as any inspiring song in the Rocky movies. If you love the movie rad you know exactly what I mean. Great review minty, been waiting for this one for a long time.
Carlton beer did a funny as hell commercial with Thunder in your Heart.
Yeah was stoked when I found them on spotify !
Agree and yes.
Same also send me an angel
Send me an Angel!?!?
I've seen this movie over 150 times easy growing up. Going by my cousin's house with my bmx bike tied down in the trunk of my father's car started off some of my best childhood memories. You can't replace that. I feel sorry for the kids of the digital world, because the digital world takes away most of the magic for a child early in life in addition to kids making bonds that last a life time.
Cult movie!
A must have in the library...
And by the way, most 80's movies were cheesy...
...in 40 years, current movies will probably be cheesy too.
I watched this movie I swear 50 times growing up lol. Loved this one!
Yup, same here.
Lol I watched this 50 times a WEEK as a kid.....
Ditto...
Yea I had to get it on dvd and got the rad shirt 🤣 fun movie
I hear ya, so cheesy to see it now but back then it was the shit!
growing up, this movie was never available to rent. People would rent it and keep it for weeks at a time. Glad it is in digitial hd now.
My bad bro
My parents recorded it onto Beta Max for me, hahaha
Edit (They recorded Thrasin' too. On the same Beta Max. Always played as a double feature)
I guess you never discovered how to dub every VHS by using two VCRs.
@@natey3455 Thrasin omg i thought i was the only one that thought that was as good as Rad i love theme both. Crew Jones was my is idle growing up. To this day i quote Rad and Thrasin all the time
Same dude. That’s why I copied the tape! I even Traced the RAD logo on exactly like the front in red!
I miss the hell out of my BMX days. I raced for 4 years and won several trophies. I must say they were the best days of my life. The 80's rock and always will 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Rad was one of my favorite movies growing up. I used to spend countless hours learning all of the bike stunts, and to this day, one of my favorite songs is still "Thunder in your Heart".
💯 love this movie and that song.
I don't care what critics say about this movie, it's my favorite childhood movie, and it's still my favorite movie now.
Same
#1 GAME OVER
It’s absolutely equal to my favorite movies of all time.
Cue the slow motion
“Do you believe in heaven above....?”
Gotta love the 80s
Do you believe in love, don't tell me lies, don't be false and untrue, it all comes back to you....open fire
Was my Myspace song!
I was born in '83. My mom told me that i watched rad so many times that she had to buy a second copy. This literally defined my youth. I went on to ride BMX long into my 20's. Most all of my friends in my teens were made while riding bikes.
The term “balls out” refers to governors on steam engines. The faster the engine went, these arms with balls at the end would get spun and lifted by centrifugal force. At the top of their reach, the engine would be “governed” from going any faster. At this point, with the arms stretched fully, the engine would be said to be going “balls out.”
Big fan of balls out
100% Facts
Nobody ever makes the connection but I still randomly slip in the quote 'you over-rotated!' whenever it applies
I always have an 80s quote for someone. They never get it.
Has anybody ever responded
"no sxxt."😁😋
NO. SHIT.
😂😂😂😂
i was gonna say "no shit" lol
You should do one on "Gleaming the Cube"
It was put on TV titled as , "A Brother's Justice". [Also, "Skate Or Die" in the world market.]
I guess they thought Gleaming The Cube could be taken as a drug reference.
Yes please!
I recently watched that film, it would be a cool episode
Classic!
Ditto on Gleaming the Cube! Get on it Minty!
The dance scene might be the greatest and most 80s seen in any movie
I mean there was a movie called diety dancing
My dad worked night shift when I was growing up, and he’d take me to our movie rental place several times a week (probably to distract me into staying home while he was at work!), and I would get Rad all the time. My favorite movie!!
I now have it on DVD, and watch it a few times a year, mainly because my wife thinks it’s sooo cheesy!
IT shows clips of Eddie Fiola at the start of this video around 2:00. Notice how HIGH he got out of the bowl. Now, remember that was the early 80s. Eddie was a MONSTER
"Break The Ice" was probably one of the first songs I learned all the words to, and I was only 5 when the movie came out
😄 I still listen to it all the time.
@@ventarfield7115 all time classic
👍 this has to be mentioned! Just as great the Intro Montage, overcast mysterious fog flatland, trick, quarterpipe riders all coming together with all brand of bikes to name a few: GT, Redline, Dyno, Hutch, Mongoose. The intro was raw deal and gave legitimacy alone, was responsible for the cult like following.
@@runzization hell ya! Riding all day every day. I had a baby blue GT pro world tour with the white mag wheels that I could do all the neat tricks on. I could stand on the seat and bars forever. Cherrypickers. ✔. and the chromed out racing mongoose. Sexxy mongoose. Finally gave that mongoose to my childhood friends son a couple years back because he wanted to hit the jumps. He sold that thing and got a cool mountain bike. My last BMX bike was black market. Got into downhill mountain bikes and ended up losing two feet of my intestines to a tree. Old man here and will not ever lose the thrill of riding those bikes!
Thunder in your Heart outro song also epic with flatland tricks! 86 Haro Sport here.. still have it..
My 2 favorite movie of the 80s as a 80s kid is Rad and Goonies
2 of the best. Stand by me was up there too
Mine too ,and ad the explorers to that list for me 👍
Big Trouble In Little China.
Ahh, 80's was definitely the best decade for great movies. I love this movie along with Thrashin, the Police Academy's, The Wraith and almost anything with Bill Murray, John Candy, Eddie Murphy and Molly Ringwald. Not to mention all of the 80s cheese on those fantastic slasher movies. I know I'm cutting out a lot but this entry would be endless if I continue.
Goonies lost boys breakfast club temple of doom friday the 13th return of the mf jedi 80's movies were awesome
Movies will.never be same as 80s
@@BobSmith-zj5jr Temple of Doom and Raiders of the Lost Ark were RAD AF
RAD and Thrashin are two of my favorite movies growing up. I was 8 years old when the two came out and I was hooked! I still watch them whenever they come on tv
I'm 23 and I watched the movie for the first time last night. As a bike nerd, I LOVED IT. And the thing that struck me the most was that Lori Loughlin was not only the main character's girlfriend, but primordially THE NUMBER ONE FEMALE BMX RIDER. That's freaking HUGE and I can't thank the writers enough for it ❤
And now she is in jail
She never road lol
Send me an angel is still my favorite song to this day thanks to RAD.
Rex and Rod are real life Tomax and Xamot.
Haaaaaa! Yes!
As a fan of the G.I. Joe toyline, I saw them as that right away. Plus this was also mentioned when James Rolfe and his friends talked about it on Cinemassacre Rentals.
@@user-si9fx4xb6v seriously! Lol
I am Blessed to have been growing up in those times!!!!
then you would be one of the few who knows what an SE Quadangle is :)
@@1114flibby always wanted but could never afford!!!
Back when it was boy and girl. These seventy plus genders are confusing
Nice. My buds and I watched this religiously in elementary school.
"Send me an Angel" remains one of my fave 80's tunes.
Growing up in the 80s was the best. I'm glad I kept my bmx from childhood. Still build and ride to this day. Thanx minty.
Who wouldn't want to dance on their BMX Bike to "Send me an Angel?"
It would have to be in slow motion tho. Lol
@HeedArmy83
Haha cool cool.
“Bicycle boogie” if memory serves...
wstine79, it's funny you mentioned that..
When this video 1st hit the net: "Girl Biker Performs - You Must See"
th-cam.com/video/WB3qTVg3hhs/w-d-xo.html
I opened up another tab, and played Send mean an angel in the background!
To me anyway, it was amazing and funny at the same time!
🤘😂
Sam -
Speaking of BMX and 80s you should try BMX Bandits staring Nicole Kidman.
that was a fun movie too
man, i just wrote same thing..
Leah I was about to type the same comment.
Goodbadflicks has covered both Rad & BMX Bandits, but it is awesome to see Rad getting some more love, by receiving the Minty treatment. It certainly deserves it!
Glad others were thinking the same thing!
I would say that Lori Loughlin had more success than the twins. I had no idea who they were, but if you show a picture of Lori then everyone recognizes her from Full House.
Exactly!
Or the tabloids...
@@AlohaBlade dammit you beat me by 18 min 😄
In his defense he did say in movies and Lori made her fame in TV
Remember, Our boy Minty is from Australia. Don’t know how successful Full House was Down there.
Thunder in your heart and break the ice is so underrated I use this when I work out in the gym and it does the job 🔥✊🔥
as a kid crowing up in the 80's this was one of my favorite movies
I never expected this. One of my favorite movies ever.
You failed to mention that the song “Send Me an Angel” was used in the movie “The Wizard”
That is my 1st time hearing the song and then Teen Wolf 2
@@thunderbird66613 same over here.
Even watching other movies with the song, reminded myself and friends of RAD.
It’s funny that most bike riders hated that song because of the stupid dance scene. The Plywood Hoods have a scene in Dorkin’ in York 3 where Kevin Jones stops riding to throw his boombox when send me an angel comes on.
The song Thunder in your heart is in my gym workout playlist along with the entire soundtrack of Rocky 4.
Same!
DRRRAAAAAGGGGGOOOOOO
Good choices all around. Years ago on You Tube, a guy did a really amazing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles music video tribute to Raphael with Thunder In Your Heart as the song. It was great, now every time I hear Thunder In Your Heart I think of Raphael.
Me too bro .crazy
Saw RAD over 25 times on VHS back in the day in one summer...loved that opening sequence with those sweet bikes flying through the sky! Awesome movie!
Don’t forget about the “RAD” shoes that Vans put out during this time. I had them as a kid!
Spicoli Classics!
This movie screams 80s and my childhood
VHS TIME
Totally! Makes me want to watch the legend of Billie Jean. :)
A BMX friend of mine "lost" this movie from Blockbuster because the fee was like $30 bucks vs a few hundred to actually buy the VHS.
Used to freestyle in front of my house listening to "Break the Ice".
I definitely remember the "Send Me an Angel" montage bit, memorable. We all wanted Haros, GTs, and Redlines with rotors and front and rear pegs but could barely do a donkey kick!
Interesting! Love the movie, ‘Rad’, one of my favorites! Thnx and God Bless! 🙂😀❤️🙏✝️👍🏻
Bart Connor who played BMX rider Bart Taylor was an Olympic gold medalist
Exactly.. That was not Johnny Lawrence from Karate Kid...
I was wondering that he didn't know that
who also married Nadia Comenche.
@@joshuakelley5924 I figured the Johnny Lawrence comment was sarcasm maybe.
He was a gymnast
I Loved this movie when it came out.
U and me both
What about now
@@oasis3724 still love it its a great movie plus aunt Becky is in it anything with her is worth watching in 2o21 its still f ing RAD
Cool@@someguy5162 😎👌🏻
Before Lori was a felon and Did Her Time.. Weird
I loved this flick as a kid...anybody remember airborn? about rollerblading Seth green jack black
Yes I do! I even changed my hairstyle after watching it to match Mitchell's sweet "parted down the middle" look.
Surfer moves to the Midwest. That was great!
Rad and airborne were great movies
ok guys how about prayer of the roller boys?
I do!
2020 DVD.. heads to AMAZON - I remember my parents surprising me with a burnt copy at one point.
Whooo Gnarly ! 🤩
I clicked on this thinking it was a "RAD" PFI video haha. oh well, still watched.
In 2018 Texplex, outside of Dallas, built Helltrack and had a Rad festival. You could ride the track if you wanted to. They also had a race that you could enter as well. That was a blast to watch!
Wonder if Lori Loughlin's parents paid her way to get into this movie....
Lmfao 🤘🤘 perfect comment 😆 😆 I was gonna say something similar but I'll leave it alone. Fuckin awesome 🤘🤘
@TheJudgeOfGood She did wrong, but I'm sure its common and I'm not sure why it has been blown into such a big thing - You have most of congress doing insider trading without anyone even calling them on it but Lori is the devil because she tried to bribe a school to accept her kid??
@@h82fail The way things are going right now, Congress shouldn't even be getting a paycheck.
😂😂😂😂😂
Rad is one of my favorite movies of the '80s hands down
35th anniversary Minty. It is being shown nationwide for one night only. You got me all worked up mate. I am going tonight. I enjoy your content and personality, Much love from Los Angeles.
Met Eddie Fiola by coincidence as he was in my local bike shop. I was walking around in the shop, turned and saw Eddie. I was about 46 at the time, and I turned into a 13 yr again. I freaked out, we chatted, and I got a picture with him. I'm still riding bmx at 51. Being psyched by Eddie, Martin, and the movie Rad as a kid cemented my place with bmx.
Surprised you didn’t mention the 3 John Farnham songs on the soundtrack, Aunt Becky or comparison to Aussie Classic BMX Bandits
@@Me-qp8vz I’m certain he’s familiar with the work of director Brian Trenchard-Smith who directed Frog Dreaming
Aunt becky looks alot better with some chub on her back then...EAT A BURGER LORI
The opening with "Break the Ice" might literally be my favorite movie opening ever. I've watched it dozens of times just on TH-cam. Love that song.
LOVED Frog Dreaming!!!
@@facerip2222 I couldn’t agree more. I even watch it while driving.
This movie legit singlehandedly caused prices of BMX bikes to skyrocket
Yeah I only had the service merchandise brand Huffy but the cool rich kid up the street had the mongoose with the rotors and pegs! Damn this movie for lowering my dirt bike class status!
@Necramonium it may have faded a little in the 90s but it's still going strong to this day. BMX racing is even an Olympic sport now.
Yup and still doing it,80's bikes are 1-4k now,lol.
@@nickgliedt6589 the pegs were a status symbol if there ever was one 😁
@@MorbidThrasher666 yeah it's insane. I have an 83 schwinn predator and an 83 diamondback silver streak.
Let's not forget that Ausi John Farnham sang a few of the songs for the movie too!
I cant believe he didn't mention it and he's an Ozzie! Shame Minty SHAME!!! 🤬
I was 10 in 1986.
This movie got replayed a few times at my crib in the 80s.
This movie had a HUGE effect on my life. And is the sole reason i became a professional stunt rider
Do those great low budget 1980's skateboarding films like "Thrashin'" (1986) & "Gleaming The Cube" (1989)
I'd love to see a Gleaming the Cube review
@@TerryMcQ79 it seems minty avoids christian slater films. Happy harry hard-on much ?
@@TomS-ho6td He has done a Heathers overview/review, so I’d say there’s a strong chance. And yes, nice Pump Up The Volume reference; that deserves a 10 Things as well 😁
Dont forget about "Gleaming the Cube" a year or two after that. Probably the better skateboarder movie, and also featured Tony Hawk.
I always mention gleaming the cube, but 🤷. Its a classic
Great movie and it is a classic.
So did Police Academy 4!
Gleaming the cube sucked, fake as stunt parts in film, only thing cool in the movie is when natas...Ollie's up into pizza hut pick up, with rivites in the truck bed, he landed it
Cru Jones a real American patriot...
I absolutely loved this movie when I was a kid, it shocks me that it wasn’t bigger at the time because to me it seemed huge. This movie got me into bmx which I still love to this day!!!
It was huge on vhs. That’s how I first watched it as a kid, as probably did most fans of today.
RACE Inc, Haro, Cook Bros, Hutch, Oakley, VANS, Shimano...memories.
Four of those still going strong and bigger than ever
Diamond Back, Skyway, SE Racing, Hutch, JMC.The Profile Champ was my ride..
@@uglycasanova4240 I had a RACE and a Hutch when I raced. My RACE was so light and fun to ride. As a 12 year old, it didn't get much better.
Hey Minty thanks for being a becon of light during a dark time. Keep it up brother!
Minty: "Thank you, Michelle."
Michelle: "You got it, dude."
went to the theater EVERY day that it was out.
This movie was my driving force to start my freestyle and BMX career.
I watched this movie an insane amount of times as a kid. I still enjoy watching it to this day.
Minti they u ever watch AIRBORNE. These movies bring all the good old days.
"The rules are, there are no rules! "
"The hineyhairs are wound a little to tight on that one" lol I love Airborne
I came here to say this! We need a Minty video on Airborne!
Iron Eagle!
"Its gonna take a radical miracle to beat this guy"
"A rearicle as I like to call it"
🎶guitar riff🎶 😂😂😂😂😂
Dont forget they also used "send me an Angel" in The Wizard in 1989 too. That was a pretty popular song back then.
edit: Any chance you'll do License to Drive with Corey Haim this year? Would love to see a 10 things episode on that.
hope so
Yeah it's the updated version that was released in 1989
That poem from Corey in "License to Drive" was so hot...
“Adrian is not impressed” 😂😂😂
Bicycle boogey! I still have this movie on VHS from my childhood!🤘👍
Minty, I love you brother. How do you manage to cover EVERY obscure movie from my childhood?
Minty should run for Parliament.
This is totally out of nowhere but who remembers the movie Who’s Harry Crumb with John Candy?
Yeah,I remember.
I also remember Men at Work starring the brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez.
I just looked for and watched that just 2 days ago
“I am BJ from Bombay” 😄
Wasn't the girl that was his side kick kinda also the girl from the first or second saw movie?
@@doreendeluca1466 yes, and she was also in Summer School with Mark Harmon and Kirsty Alley, playing a pregger high school senior. Her name is Shawnee Smith. Also starred in a Ted Danson show on tv called Becker from the late 90s early 2000s.
When American Dad reacted RAD it was funny as heck
This is like BREAKIN' for BMX.
man this takes me back to my days racing in the ABA. Rockford IL nationals, is where i got my first national win.
I grew up in rockford and surrounding areas, bmx was life, Rad was the best movie and I still love riding by searls park whenever I get a chance!
I knew brothers that raced in Rockford a few times! Their house is where I saw this movie lol they had a room of trophies and transitioned to dirt bikes as they got older
"There's thunder in your heart every move is like lightning "
It's the power you feel when you get your taste of the glory.
Gotta keep my cool make em think I’m made of stone
im bummed there was no John Farnham reference in this. he MADE this soundtrack
@@hrsey71 exactly and is also an Australian legend
It ain't called Hell track for nothing...
Bravo 👏🏻
Right but have you seen they REBUILT Helltrack? th-cam.com/video/nYxbrcdmp2U/w-d-xo.html
This is one of the most 80s movies of all time!!
I think "Valley Girl" is the most '80s movie of all time.
Best movie of my young childhood. Seen this flick a 1000 times
Thunder In Your Heart is the most legendary song from RAD, imo. I was a 13 year old BMX junkie when this came out. Amazing memories
Back when all that mattered is if your bike tires had air. Ride around town/neighborhood hitting all the usual ramps and jumps you learned from countless hours riding around. I remember knowing EVERY jump in my small town, forward and back. I used to know every square inch of that town. Shortcuts, jumps, where the dogs where, etc. I just remember the feeling of being free, like I've never been able to get again, closest ive come to feeling that again was on a motorcycle.
I'm sure you remember watching RAD, getting all pumped up, hopping ont he bike, taking off and ramping all over town lol.
Man I wished I could go back to just ONE day of those times again.
Jason, I was a teenage BMX racer in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Did you participate in organized BMX races as well?
when I was a kid I watched this every single day
Have to say I did the same thing.
I had a 1986 Kuwahara Bravo KT.
LMFAO your name. 🤣🤣🤣
I remember renting this as a kid and once it was over my dad said “what the f^*k was that?”. I was 7 when I saw it.
Heh, same thing happened to me, at the same age, back in mid '86. What a world.
I literally rented it about 20 times :)
Big part of my childhood on my gt pro performer
Mark Hamil’s Corvette Summer was another amazing 80’s movie
Dude, you have to do Gleaming the Cube and Thrashin'.
Somehow missed this. Dunno how that happened.Was 10 yrs old. My bike was my life.
It had a poorly promoted and limited release. I learned about it from a trailer on another video and had to see it. I've since collected a soundtrack, VHS release, one poorly made DVD copy and now the HD release.
Bike dancing is a very misunderstood form of expression.
This was my childhood in South Carolina! Rented this movie one day and watched it at a sleepover and the next day we were wanting to do backflips off ramps and jumping everything we could find. Thanks for bringing back great memories!
Thank you for making this video. I was very excited to see the film in theaters. The opening scene with all the Pro freestylers was amazing. I was blown away when I saw the film. After seeing the movie I built a really cool GT Pro performer bike. Later I built a chrome Haro Master. I got into doing the basic tricks. I started going to BMX shows when the different BMX companies would go on tour in the summer. GT, Haro, Hutch, And Redline. Those were some fun times!
This and Airbourne were like my 2 favorite movies growing up!
Jack black amd seth green were amazing in airborne
Don't forget Gleaming The Cube and BMX Bandits.
I was 14 when this movie came out and had been learning Freestyle tricks for a couple of years, by then. I think it rang a little more familiar for me because my family also worked for the local newspaper and delivered them for some time, so I felt the bike/paperboy connection.
At the time, the big names in BMX and Freestyle were like movie stars to the biking world. Eddie Fiola, R.L. Osborn and Ron Wilkerson were huge in the Freestyle world.
They would go on nationwide tours and do exhibition shows at all the big bike shops. Jose Yanez had successfully done the very first backflip on a bicycle the year before. A couple of the big stars went on to start their own bike companies, such as Bob Haro.
Those bikes were pricey, for sure. Hutches, Haros and Redlines easily sold for $800+ in the mid 80's. That's the equivalent to over $2230 today.
My family wasn't exactly rich. I worked odd jobs and bought a white Schwinn Predator Freestyle for $250. (equivalent to about $800 today) I then proceeded to change nearly everything on the bike. The only original parts were the rims, frame and forks. By the time I was done, I was left with a white frame and rims with all lavender accessories. Even the tires were lavender.
My father absolutely hated it. lol
That bike got stolen twice but it was so easily recognizable, I got it back both times.
So, as far as the movie, it was the only thing we had; but even back then, we all agreed it was cheesy and poorly produced. Of course, my friends and I watched it multiple times but it eventually lost its luster.
I can't believe it actually made it to a blu-ray release.
Brilliant comment and absolutely spot on. You should see how much them 80s bikes sell for now buddie lol, it would make your teeth curl.
Hey…we did what we could with what we had back then. My first BMX bike was a Schwinn banana seat conversion… chromoly frame man that sucker was heavy.🍻
I had a black Predator, that got stolen…by my dope head mother. She traded it for meth when I was 11. She swore it got stolen, but you couldn’t see it from the road and the entire neighborhood was afraid of my stepdad.
Don't forget Dizz Hicks
Strange That Minty Did Not Mention "AUNT BECKY" From "Full House"!
Nobody wants to talk about aunt Becky from full house anymore....
I was thinking the same thing! same hairdo even
@@jamessimpson2674 She Did Her Time Even Though It Was Short! Guess The Pandemic Came In Handy For Some Folks! I Was Disappointed in Lori Loughlin For Being So Stupid! However People Forget To Forgive, Which Is Even WORSE! If I Was The Judge , I Would Have Made Lori Loughlin Pay The Fine & Donate Her Money & Time To Help Those Families Who Couldn't Afford College, Instead Of Doing Time In Jail! Besides Her daughter Didn't even want to go to College, especially when she WAS a big social media star. So Much For That! College Is Overrated, Trade School Or Military School Should Be The Options!
@@jimkirk989 yes I agree... The damage is done now and I would say her name is trash in the Industry now... Maybe her daughter can get a job at Taco Bell to help pay the rent!!!!!
Rad, Thrashin, Gleaming the Cube and later Airborne were my favorite movies 🎥 🍿 growing up 80s/90s
I don't care what the critics say, "Rad" is one of the greatest movies to ever grace the silver screen. Simply, not enough can be said about it. The characters, including the stunning Lori Loughlin, the plot, and the incredible BMX riding/racing are like no other. All young people need to watch this movie to learn what the 80's were all about and how awesome they were!