This was a very, very fine film. I would easily give it 9 out of 10. Except... well, they screwed up with the last ten minutes of the movie. That drags it down to about, say, 7 1/2 out of 10. Not nearly so good. Beyond the ending, the acting was quite fine, particularly Jordan Brower (who reminds me so much of my true love's personality, it's not even funny). It does seem to be a reasonably accurate portrayal of street kid life as well (I know because most of my friends are street rats). But then we have that ending... *SPOILER WARNING!* Why, oh why, is it that so many gay themed movies have to have tragic ends where one or the other of the main characters ends up dead? I was particularly miffed about it in this film, cause it served no point. One could have just as easily kept the dead character not dead and given it a perfectly fine ending, but NO! Buncha tragedy obsessed queens... :)
Review of Speedway Junky
