Dirt

Just a little above average american style feel food movie about a criminal street kid givin a last chance to better his life on a racing team but on dirt tracks. No oscar material, but fun, a lot of feel good moments, action on dirt track moments and no f#ck ups by the actors. Just enjoy if you like (dirt) racing movies and/or feel good movies on a average week night.

From the minute this starts, you know where it'll go (no pun intended) and where it'll end. It's predictable like that. You can't blame the characters being surprised by the obvious "twists" or story turns. The actors are decent and as another reviewer wrote: It's a family movie with a positive message. Something that people need in general.

I do not quite agree with his 10/10 rating, but that is me. I reckon he was very joyful watching him and I wouldn't blame anyone for that. Actually good for that reviewer or anyone else who'll enjoy this, maybe even due to the fact that either they are not as cynical or have watched as many movies as I have. For others this will seem like time wasted, even though it isn't really a bad movie

I'll attempt to put aside what I know about the politics and positions of Forrest Lucas the executive producer of this film (as the viewers can look that up for themselves) and try and rate the movie on its own merits.

I picked this DVD up at Redbox, not knowing anything about it. and it's not a bad B-movie quality endeavor. Kevin Dillon stars as Rick Radden, an ex-champion off-road racer and who now owns his own truck racing team. DeRon Horton co-stars as Dez Truss, s former car thief, who's now trying to go straight and is given a second chance by Rick to work with his team.

They're both quite believable in their roles, as are many in the supporting cast. The plot elements are quite predictable and formulaic on the whole, but an air of tension is reasonably maintained in the off-road racing scenes and other areas, and there's an eventual feel-good aspect to it all.

Overall, aside from some of the blatant commercial plugs, I felt the film was reasonably well presented and better than I expected.

Dez Truss (DeRon Horton) has been raising his younger sister by himself and stealing cars for a crime syndicate. He gets caught. His former mentor police Captain Joe Freeman is trying to keep him out of prison and recruits racing team owner Rick Radden (Kevin Dillon) to hire him.

I like the car action although that could probably be seen in some obscure sports channels. There is an early car chase which leads to a crash. It is fine stunt work. The story is fine for the most part. It has all the standard elements. This has some veteran actors and I like DeRon. The filmmaking is perfunctory for lesser work.

It's refreshing to see a movie with a deep emotional story. This movie has a easy to follow story line that deals with currrent issues while giving you a sense of hope that there are good people out there. Great movie for most ages. Well written and well directed. Great cast. The movie has a nice flow to it with a some funny scenes sprinkled throughout the movie. Highly recommend it!!!!