Biker Boyz is a 2003 American sports action drama film, directed by Reggie Rock Bythewood and written by Bythewood and Craig Fernandez, based on the 2000 New Times LA article of the same name by Michael Gougis. The film is about a group of underground motorcycle drag racers, and the intense rivalry between a legendary motorcyclist and a young racing prodigy who has formed his own biker club.
A local biker issues a challenge to Smoke, who accepts. Smoke, utilizing "tunnel vision", wins the race but the challenger crashes into a row of parked bikes. Upended, the motorcycle strikes Slick Will and throws him through a plate storefront window. Both men are instantly killed. At Slick Will's funeral, Smoke leads dozens of bikers from the "Black Knights" to offer his condolences to Slick Will's widow Anita. They drop a Black Knights flag into his grave; Kid is unimpressed with the gesture.
Six months later, Kid is a capable rider who is hustling with fellow racer Stuntman. To cover their tracks, fellow biker Primo suggests that the trio form a bike club. Kid starts a romance with Tina, a tattoo artist. Kid makes amends to the biker jury consisting of 10 leaders of the most powerful biker gangs. He apologizes for his disrespect towards Smoke, their chairman, and they agree to verify the new club with the trio calling themselves "Biker Boyz".
Recovering at home, Kid confronts Anita, who confesses. Enraged, Kid moves in with his girlfriend Tina. Kid elects to go rogue and after gaining more followers for his club, gathers his team. When Stuntman successfully hustles the nephew of a dangerous biker, he and Primo are ambushed at a party. Kid comes to the rescue but is overpowered by the leader of the other club who pulls a gun. Smoke and a group of Black Knights intervene and convince the vengeful bikers to stand down. Smoke and Kid have a sit down at the Biker Boyz spot but Kid is more dismissive and angry as ever. Smoke agrees to race Kid under the condition that whoever loses will never race again, but first Smoke has to allow Kid to race Dogg at the next circuit event. Soon thereafter Kid reconciles with Anita.
Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Nicholas Sheriff, Lisa Bonet, Brendan Fehr, Larenz Tate, Terrence Howard, Salli Richardson, Kid Rock, Rick Gonzalez, and Meagan Good are all avid bikers in real life.[3]
In "Biker Boyz," Fishburne plays "Smoke," the aging leader of the motorcycle gang called the Black Knights. A racing prodigy, "Kid," (Derek Luke) wants to take his helmet and the title of the best biker that goes with it.
Fishburne says when one thinks of motorcycle gangs, he or she might immediately think of the Hell Angels or the Outlaws. But, he says, there are many more clubs in the U.S. with bikers of different cultures.
The film "Biker Boyz" was inspired by an article written by freelance journalist Michael Gougis for the now-defunct Los Angeles New Times. He reported on the world of African-American motorcycle clubs in Southern California. The "Biker Boyz" feature was a tour of that world, guided by Manuel "Pokey" Galloway. Gougis wrote of sleek vehicles, triple-digit speeds reached by the racers and the fraternity of bikers.
Many but not all of the boyz are African-American; some are still literally boyz but others are men in their 40s, and the (unexplored) subtext is that these are successful men who enjoy the excitement of street racing. Not much mention is made of jobs, but you can't buy and maintain these machines without a good one.
In the rarified atmosphere of the southern California motorcycle street drag racing world Manuel 'Smoke' Galloway (Laurence Fishburne) stands supreme as "The King of Cali," the bikers' undefeated winner over all comers in their underground sport. But, Kid (Derek Luke), the son of his late friend, mechanic and mentor, Slick Will (Eriq La Salle), has plans to take Smoke's "crown' (his racing helmet) and become the new King in "Biker Boyz."
One of the important points that the Gougis article makes is that the members of these night-riding biker clubs are, during the day, white-collared professionals from all walks of life who have a need for speed. Doctor, lawyers, accountants and others turn in their daytime pinstriped suits for a set of leathers, a helmet and a hot set of wheels at night. This aspect of this sub-culture is given short shrift in "Biker Boyz" with only Orlando Jones's character, Soul Train, shown to have a life other than that of a street racer. As such, the average person has nothing to identify with these leather-clad speedsters, except, maybe, for the obligatory show-the-bike-gangs-are-good-guys scene when they stage a bikini babe bike wash to buy schoolbooks for kids. They remind me as the cute-as-a-button bikers in "Mask" who, if I remember, were all blood donors. The film shows the clubs as tribes and not individual with other lives.
"Biker Boyz" is not a pretty picture. The old West gunfighter metaphor is an interesting premise and could have been a good one if put into the hands of a more experience and talented screenwriter and director. Instead, we have a retread of better movies (yes, "F&F" is a better movie), no imagination and a waste of acting talent and the film suffers for it. The real-life bikers hired for the fun motorcycle stunts can't save the film and I give it a D.
I spent Friday night in a crowded theater looking for a seat so that I could watch what I thought was going to be a fast-paced, non-stop biker movie. I must say that I was disappointed. I could have stayed home and waited for this flick to reach pay-per-view.
This film is very mediocre and the hype surrounding this biker film will not last very long. Nevertheless, I must say that this movie with all its faults had me wishing that I too had a motorcycle and Lisa Bonet.
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Biker boyz is about s e x and bikes racing illegally by people who love kool aid. But Smoke's dominance of the set is about to be threatened by a young motorcycle racing prodigy called Kid (Derek Luke), who is determined to win Smoke's helmet and earn the coveted title. Kid says that the difference between men and boys are the lessons they learn- and that his father, Slick Will, taught him plenty.
The film starts with Kid, a novice rider and motorcycle club "prospect," assisting his father, Slick Will, as they prepare Smoke's bike for the evening's drag races. A biker issues a challenge to Smoke, who accepts, and the race begins. In the midst of the race, the biker loses control from mechanical issues, his bike flies from under him into a row of parked bikes sending one into Slick Will throwing him through a store window and killing him instantly. At the funeral, dozens of bikers from the "Black Knights" (to whom Slick Will was a mechanic) show up with Smoke, who drops a rose and a Black Knights flag to his grave.
Kid then goes to a diner where he meets fellow hustler Stuntman. Fellow biker Primo tells them to create a bike club, and after a bit of persuasion they agree, and Kid goes to the biker jury consisting of 8 leaders of most powerful biker gangs, and Smoke is on the lead. He apologizes for his disrespect towards Smoke and they all agree to verify the club, calling themselves the "Biker Boyz."
Kid is set to race Motherland to prove he is good enough to race Smoke. However he has showed up late to "make an entrance" after Smoke has already beaten Dogg, who is after Smoke's crown (his helmet). Kid is arrested when racing Motherland, and the rest of the bikers manage to escape. Anita confronts Kid, saying that if he ever races again, she will kick him out of the house. Kid agrees.
Kid decides to turn renegade and after gaining quite a few more followers for his club, announces that "we're gonna win more lids than any crew on the set and we're gonna out hustle every crew off the set" and indicates that from that point on, "Biker Boyz set their own rules." At this point the Biker Boyz get their own hangout and begin hustling several races, but when they go to the wrong part of town and Stuntman successfully hustles the nephew of a respected biker, Stuntman and Primo are ambushed at the next party. Kid comes to the rescue but is quickly over-powered as the leader of the other club pulls a gun on him.
Smoke and some of the other Black Knights intervene and convince the other bikers to stand down. Smoke takes Kid inside and sits down to give him a stern talking-to, but Kid shrugs it off angrily. It is at this point that Smoke agrees to race Kid. However, whoever loses will never race again. But first Kid has to race Dogg, but this time, they agree to race at the track.
Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou and Nicholas Sheriff, Lisa Bonet, Breadan Fehr, Larenz Tate, Terrence Howard, Kid Rock, Rick Gonzalez, Meagan Good are all avid bikers in real life.[3]
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