Rodeo (2022)

Rodeo (2022). 1h 45m

“I stumbled across this movie while on a recent foreign/independent film craze. As the storyline suggests, it concerns a woman whose sole obsession involves getting her hands on and riding dirt bikes by any means possible. The woman and lead is apparently played by a non-professional actor and I feel she does a very credible job at portraying the role of a social misfit who has no job or other source of income and has to resort to stealing dirt bikes to satisfy her only interest. Although she is described as being young in the storyline, sheu0026#39;s definitely not a teenager and judging by appearance possibly in her mid to late 20s. Itu0026#39;s also evident that she is not an accomplished stunt rider.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEarly on, she happens upon an illicit street bike rodeo and tries with some difficulty to ingratiate herself with one group of guys participating in the rodeo. As she slowly gains some acceptance from most, but not all of the group, you learn that they make an illicit living by reselling bikes with stolen parts out of a garage owned by their leader who happens to be in prison.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA 6 rating might be a little generous from my perspective, but I did watch the film all the way through and found the story interesting that I didnu0026#39;t feel I had wasted my time. I would hesitate to recommend this film though, unless the viewer has a particular interest the culture associated with young men trying to make a living with their dirt bikes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe stunt riding looked pretty basic from my perspective and does not occur throughout the film. It was also difficult to comprehend how the final scene could physically happen the way it was shown, but it didnu0026#39;t necessarily spoil the rest of the story and was possibly intended as a symbolic conclusion to the tale.”