Roger Donaldson put his heart in this movie

Rating: 9/10 (10 June 2006)

I didn't know anything about this movie when I picked it up. I just wanted to see an indy film. It was between this film and end of the spear. I took it home and was wonderfully surprised! Roger Donaldson has been working on this movie for over 25 years so for him to get the project done,he can already die happy. It made no money in the box office but he doesn't care.
The movie is about an old man played by Anthony Hopkins that wanted to take his dream into reality. That is to have the world's fastest Indian (motorcycle). His own believer was the little boy next door and all the people he met in America rangeing from a used car salesman to a drag queen! Everyone he met had the hearts touched by the gentle old man.
Anthony Hopkins was just amazing. Constantly asking the question "What" to everyone he met because of his hard hearing.
The movie had its few flaws such as when you fall off a motorcycle going over 150mph you will get more than a simple bruise but who cares. Other people criticize that the movie is off target from the events shown in the movie. Again who cares! Its a movie, not a documentary. Watch Domino! Anyways I believe this movie had a lot of heart and it wasn't just a typical go after your dreams type of movie. It had a lot more. It even had humor in the movie such as how he built the motorcycle.
I give the directing a 8,editing a 7, acting a 10, storyline a 8, and message a 9. Watch this movie!