Biker Boyz

Biker Boyz is an American action film from the year 2003. Directed by Reggie Bythewood rock, the reference to an article by Michael Gougis wrote the screenplay with Craig Fernandez.

Action

The young motorcycle enthusiasts Kid lives with his family in California. On the day he leads a normal life at college, but on the weekends he is at night with his father in the Black Knights, a motorcycle gang, in which his father is the chief mechanic for the best driver Smoke. Smoke is the self-proclaimed King of California, as he emerged as the winner in any previous Street Race.

One evening at the races both a racer, as well as kids father are killed by an accident, this is a hard blow for Kid, whose family but also for the Black Knights.

6 months later: Kids family has found back into everyday life and Kid runs for the first time since the accident back to a meeting of the Black Knights. When he ruled there in a race between two bikers Street interfere with what is counted among the group as dishonorable, but this win he is by Smoke of the group. To Smoke challenge to a race and to ensure that before the Black Knights respect he eventually founded with two friends his own motorcycle gang: The Biker Boyz. By the time he gains some street racing and money, but is caught by the police for illegal street racing. However, his mother and a member of the Black Knights can quickly released him on bail, but by his mother who knew nothing of his activity now view. She asks him his promise not to drive more illegal races, what kid also accepted. He now spends a lot of time with his new girlfriend Tina, who works as a tattoo artist. By chance, however, learns Kid that his late father was not his biological father, but that Smoke is his father. Driven by insecurity and rage, he rises again fully in the leadership position of the Biker Boyz one, since he kept a promise to his mother, but this all these years deprived him of the truth. When an enemy gear, the Biker Boyz for a Street Racer victory in the defect takes is Smoke, which has now been cleared of Kids mother of his son, with his Black Knights, however, on Kids page and this helps.

Since Father and son still serious differences you decide their dispute by a race to settle, with the loser has to give up his racing career. When it finally to a duel of the two best drivers, Kid comes from the Biker Boyz and Smoke by the Black Knights, Smoke is almost but surely lead, but can he win Kid. Kid who is now the new king of California, closes after the race peace with Smoke and recognizes that he has learned from his father a few lessons in life and now is gone from boy to man.

Reviews

Robert Koehler wrote in the journal Variety of 29 January 2003, the film follow a formed after The Fast and the Furious trend and is something for the motorcycle fans. Laurence Fishburne playing " solid".

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was "tempo - like pathos rich." He makes " although with the rituals of the biker culture familiar " offer but " through the hectic change of style forms an unimaginative staging and the unbearable image of women little Amusing ".

Others

The film was shot in Los Angeles. He played in the cinemas of the United States an approximately 21.7 million U.S. dollars.

The characters in the film take the following motorcycles:

  • Kid: Suzuki GSX- R1000 ( 999 cc )
  • Smoke: Suzuki GSX 1300R Hayabusa ( 1299 cm ³)
  • Dogg: Kawasaki Ninja ZX -12R ( 1199 cm ³)

The original character three motorcycles, which were used in the film, all have been sold on the rotational degree in the hands of private collectors. In February 2010 was the Kawasaki Ninja Dogg in the American Ebay.

Among fans, the original yellow-black biker Boyz jacket, which carries each member of the gang in the film, is highly sought after. However, since only a small limited edition was made for the sale of this jacket, these jackets are currently almost pure Collectibles.

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