from DreamWorks Pictures
Directed by
Reggie Rock Bythewood
Starring
Laurence
Fishburne (Manuel "Smoke" Galloway)
Derek
Luke (Kid)
Djimon
Hounsou (Motherland)
Kid
Rock (Dogg)
Lisa
Bonet (Queenie)
Orlando
Jones (Soul Train)
Brendan
Fehr (Stuntman)
Larenz
Tate (Wood)
Tyson Beckford (Donny)
Kadeem Hardison (T.J.)
Terrence Howard (Chu Chu)
Eriq La Salle (Tariq)
Dante Basco (Philly)
Dion Basco (Flip)
Wren T. Brown (Rev. Maxwell)
Dena Cali (Nikki)
Vanessa Bell Calloway (Anita Crooms)
Melissa De Sousa (Sheila)
Keith Diamond (Jerome)
Rick Gonzalez (Angel)
Meagan Good (Tina)
Alysia Polk (Cee Cee)
Salli Richardson (Half & Half)
Nadine Velasquez (Shelley)
Titus Welliver (Max)
Written by
Craig Fernandez
Reggie Rock Bythewood
Rated: 
(for violence, sexual content and language) |
When it's revved up to maximum rpm's, Biker Boyz qualifies as
an adequate knockoff of The Fast and
the Furious. 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 Antwone Fisher) 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, Dancing in September, director Reggie Rock Bythewood approached
Biker Boyz 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.
-- Jeff Shannon of Amazon.com
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