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Film Junk Podcast

Rad (1986)

Film Junk Podcast

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Comedy, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Entertainment

4.5731 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Eat your heart out Hulk Hogan, it's the 40th anniversary of Rad and we're ready to revisit this slightly under the radar '80s gem. Cru and his BMX crew fight the good fight against the evil forces of Mongoose before facing the death defying Helltrack... I mean, Hecktrack. Which members of the Film Junk crew were BMX heads as kids? Did Hal Needham and his stunt team elevate this movie way beyond what it deserved? Why was the actress who played Katie erased from film history? Could $100,000 buy two houses based on 1986 gas prices? Go balls out on this week's episode of the Film Junk Podcast.

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0:00.0

Well, everyone, welcome to film junk.

0:10.1

My name is Sean.

0:11.4

My name is Jay.

0:12.8

And my name is Frank.

0:14.5

And this week we are reviewing another 80s cult classic.

0:19.3

This one happens to be celebrating its 40th anniversary. Rad, directed by

0:25.6

Hal Needham, starring Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, and Talia Shire, released in 1986.

0:32.6

And I'll give you a plot synopsis. The story of one young man, Crew Jones, who has the

0:38.5

intensity and desire to win a BMX race called LTrack.

0:45.9

So, I mean, this one is, you know, I say 80s cult classic.

0:50.4

I feel like it's a little bit more under the radar.

0:53.8

I feel like not everyone's heard of

0:55.3

rad. It wasn't really a film I grew up with, but I kind of knew people who were into it.

1:03.5

But I guess another part of, you know, before we talk about our encounters with the movie

1:08.9

and whether it's the first time watch or anything like

1:11.4

that were you guys BMX riders did you guys have BMX bikes as kids i had a bike not a

1:18.7

BMX bike yeah i had maybe like a cheap knockoff of a BMX bike or something along those

1:25.3

lines just a standard 80s bike, I guess.

1:29.4

80s bike?

1:30.8

Yeah, like the style of bike that kids had when I was like five or six years old.

1:36.5

What is BMX?

1:37.5

Is it a brand?

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