[A] spectacular extreme sports extravaganza.
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06/24/06
Ultimate X: The Movie (2002)
73 %
Reviews Counted: 45 Fresh: 33 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 6.8/10
Consensus:
Taking full advantage of the large IMAX screen, Ultimate X is a thrill ride for extreme sports junkies and novices alike.
Runtime: 47 mins
Synopsis: All the excitement and explosive drama of action sports is displayed on the exhilarating giant screen in “Ultimate X,” a look into ESPN ® ’s massively popular Summer X Games. “Ultimate X” chronicles all the breathtaking highlights and dramatic stories behind the 2001 X Games in Philadelphia... [More]
Genre: Sports/Recreation
Starring: Tony Hawk, Dave Mirra, Travis Pastrana
Director: Bruce Hendricks
Reviews
Top Critic
The competitors are clearly unhinged, but they put on a hell of a show.
06/04/05
Top Critic
The result is that the skill and determination, not to mention bravery or lunacy, of the extreme sportsmen (and women) is shown on a strikingly grand scale.
06/30/02
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This Imax sports documentary captures the danger, thrills, spills and sheer altitude attained by the young men and women who put it all on the line for burgeoning 'Xtreme sports' movement.
05/27/05
If you think that “ESPN’s Ultimate X” is a motor oil, then you need to see this movie, dude.
01/05/05
If you think that “ESPN’s Ultimate X” is a motor oil, then you need to see this movie, dude.
01/05/05
The film contains so much eye-popping footage that even viewers who have never seen the X Games can't help but be fascinated.
11/06/02
A love letter for fans of the sport, and for the uninitiated earth-bound, a peek into a strange new sports world spinning with adrenaline.
10/15/02
It briefly flirts with player masochism, but the point of real interest -– audience sadism -- is evaded completely.
08/23/02
It's a dizzyingly entertaining thrill-ride, complete with a pleasantly surprising amount of humor and self-parody.
07/26/02
Writer/director Bruce Hendricks subtracts from the experience by crafting a corporate propaganda film posing as a documentary.
07/20/02
Even if you can't tell Tony Hawk from Bob Burnquist, you'll still get a rush out of this documentary about the world of extreme sports.
07/16/02
Top Critic
All of this looks great on the giant IMAX screen -- most things do -- but the filmmakers can’t shake the sense that this is an inflated TV special.
06/29/02
The most enjoyable 40 minutes I've ever spent watching a large-format, IMAX-type movie.
06/28/02
Ultimate X smoothes out the rough edges of Evel [Kneivel]'s bad boy tradition and delivers a film that keeps mom and dad in on the cool -- Disney with a little flava.
06/17/02
For every articulate player, such as skateboarder Tony Hawk or BMX rider Mat Hoffman, are about a half dozen young Turks angling to see how many times they can work the words “radical” or “suck” into a sentence.
06/13/02
A thrill ride blown up to gigantic mind-blowing proportions; played out over a booming rock 'n roll soundtrack.
06/07/02
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