IMDb > The Ride (1997)

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6.3/10   206 votes
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Director:
Michael O. Sajbel
Writers:
David Bowen (writer)
Michael O. Sajbel (writer)
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Genre:
Drama | Family | Sport more
Plot:
Ex bull-riding champ, sentenced to community service and starts to get his life back on track. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Michael Biehn ... Smokey Banks
Charles Young ... Honeycut

Clarence Felder ... Mike Stillwell
Brock Pierce ... Danny O'Neil
Coy Huffman ... Announcer #1
Jennifer O'Neill ... Ellen Stillwell

Chris Owen ... Steve
Martin Spanjers ... George
Marco Savittieri ... Dennis
Christian Gallego ... Rocky
Lucas Ford-Rawson ... Guy
Matt Jensen ... Guy
Cameron Mullins ... Guy
Conrad Rustenburg ... Guy
Branson Sanabria ... Guy
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for some violence, mild language and thematic material.
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more
Company:
World Wide Pictures (WWP) more

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Tripe, 25 January 2005
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Author: Scott Migaldi (smigaldi@hotmail.com) from Chicago

So here I am sitting in a hotel in Sanya, China with only one, sometimes, English TV station. This movie comes on and of course I have to watch, if only to hear English spoken. The movie revolves around a has-been rodeo cowboy played by Micheal Biehn of Terminator fame and his problems with life, alcohol, women, and his new problem, the Christian far right.

The movie reminds me of those drivers ed type movies you may have seen in high school. There are predictable, barely believable issues that are resolved with prayer and faith. Smokey continues to have problems even as he is given a chance by the local sheriff to rehabilitate himself after a DUI. He is asked to be a counselor at a boys ranch and to teach one of the kids how to ride a bull. There are many predictable problems and even though Smokey keeps messing up the rest of the camp counselors continue to have faith in him and, as he eventually sees the error of his way, embraces Jesus thus making his life better.

Unless you are also trapped on a remote island of the coast of China I recommend missing this one.

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