Summary: Rad, otherwise known as Paperboy: The Movie is a film about dreams and America’s favorite pastime: montages. Cru Jones is a high school kid with a paper route, but don’t let his down syndrome fool you . . . this kid has more determination and talent than any other kid in the country. He can deliver his papers quicker than anyone else, he can out run the local motorcycle policeman, and he can bounce on the front tire of his bike as long as he wants. When BMX corporate comes to Cru’s small town for Helltrack, the greatest BMX race ever held (not to be confused with Heaven’s gate – the greatest pudding eating contest ever held), Cru wants to prove himself as the best in the world. Unfortunately, this race is only for professional factory racers like Mongoose’s Bart Taylor, played by the 1984 summer hero Bart Connors himself. Bart and his evil twin friends, who apparently only have one girlfriend between them show off their biking and dancing skills. The townspeople Occupy Helltrack and force the BMX people to open up the race to some of the local kids, but unlike all the other Occupy events, these simple folk are actually successful and Helltrack agrees to hold a qualifying race for the townies. Cru is intent on qualifying even though the qualifying race is on the same days as the SATs. Cru has to decide between college and a chance at Helltrack, or a chance at Helltrack and starting college in the winter instead of the Fall. Either way, Cru’s mom, Adrian, is pissed, but she gets over it pretty quickly because this story line is just bullshit false conflict...
