ESPN
Ultimate X: The Movie Movie Review:
With
exhilarating fun, ESPNs Ulitimate X brings you amazing
highlights from their 2001 Summer X Games exclusively in
IMAX and large format cinemas.
From
skateboarding, BMX biking to Moto X and street luge competitions,
you get to see some of the most incredible stunts and tricks
ever seen on film. To add to the spectacle the film is shown
on a giant screen several times larger than normal and makes
you feel like you are almost inside the movie.
Ultimate
X is shot documentary style, moving from sport to sport
and intercut with some of the top athletes in their respected
fields giving their thoughts and feelings about why they
do what they do. Even though the competitors may enjoy being
seen as rebels, they are also funny and show a strong camaraderie
nonetheless. At least in this movie.
Whether
you are familiar with such stars as skateboarders Tony Hawk,
Bob Burnquist and Buck Lasek, BMX stunt riders T.J. Lavin,
Dave Mira, Cory Nasty Nastazio, Ryan Nyquist,
and Mat Hoffman, and Motorcycle riders Travis Pastrana,
Brian Deegan, and Carey Hart, or not, they will shock you
with their dangerous but awesome maneuvers.
Director
Bruce Hendricks nicely captures the action and the daredevil
personalities while keeping the film moving in a brisk pace.
To add to the extreme footage is a jamming soundtrack full
of music from such artists as Black Sabbath, Cypress Hill,
P.O.D., Moby and the Foo Fighters.
So if
you are looking for an adrenalin rush that sure to wake
you up with its thrills and spills then Ultimate X is your
ticket to ride.
Touchstone
- 4 Stars
Gil
Benzeevi
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