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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