Video Capsule Review

BIKER BOYZ (2003)

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Release Date: Jan 31, 2002; Rated: PG-13; Video Release Date: Jun 10, 2003; Genres: Drama, Sports; With: Laurence Fishburne; Distributor: DreamWorks

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Director Reggie Rock Bythewood zooms in on California's urban-biker culture and winds up unearthing an even less heralded scene: struggling black Hollywood. Larenz Tate, Eriq La Salle, Terrence Howard, and a half-dozen other stalwarts stud an almost-star cast headed by Fishburne as a big bad street racer pitted against a young upstart (Antwone Fisher's Luke). Like The Fast and the Furious, it's a ride-or-die flick r-r-ripped from the headlines. Unfortunately, real action has curves, and these boyz race in straight lines as predictable as the film's sole plot twist.

Posted Jun 13, 2003

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