8 Seconds (1994)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Memorable, crazy movie

Lack of good storyline.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

i saw the movie 8 Seconds after going to my first rodeo. as a huge rodeo fan i loved the movie and give it a ten on the scale. it was a wonderful representation of lane frost's life. i watched the movie with Lane Frost's biggest fan and as we were watching the movie he correctly pointed out a couple misleadings in the film. Lane frost's riding buddy Cody did not write poems in real life. and one other incorrect fact in the movie was that Lane and his wife Kelli cheated on each other. in actuality they never did. they were happily married. even with these mistakes this movie is still kick butt for any country person, especially if you love rodeo, and i do! Luke perry does a fabulous job of portraying Lane Frost! thanks Luke, you rock!

This movie is awesome. Luke Perry is so HOTTTTT:)He is an awesome bull rider and actor. This movie will get you on edge. I loved the part where Lane takes his shirt off. He has great abs. He has a nice butt too.I love his accent. Thismovie is for all the country, rodeo fans out there. You will love this movie.The way the movie is persented in this movie is a life recap of Lane Frost. This movie has famous bull riders. Lane frost, Tuff Hedeman and some others. You will love this movie if you are into all the country, rodeo, and bull riders. This movie is the best thing to happen to country movies. It has a great plot and theme. The actors and the director is absolutely Brilliant.

Anyone who spent time with Lane or guffawed at Tuff's assessment of lesser riders, ("Ol' so-n-so wants to be a bull rider, problem is, he's skairt o' bulls!") will have a hard time finding the real boys in this film. Instead they will cringe at badly done accents and wonder where the boy's likability went. No loved one is spared, and the writers seemed to go out of their way to transform Lane's Justins from leather to clay. Why does the media tear down our heroes?Luke Perry's affected accent borders on parody and Cynthia Geary, (formerly "Shelly" on "Northern Exposure"), is downright unappealing as Lane's wife, Kellie. All too often TV actors lack a certain texture to make it on the big screen, and the casting here proves it. I suspect the powers that be were trying to cash in on the popularity of Perry's and Geary's television shows. The late Red Mitchell, a genuine Texan, and film actor, was excellent as the poetry spouting "Cody Lambert". Cowboy poetry is a real art form, but the real Cody Lambert wasn't known for his poetical abilities.Further evidence that Perry is no Lane Frost comes from the scene where he tosses his hat, brim down, on a chair. No self respecting cowboy would ever do that! (In fact, it was a rapid glance test for sniffing out coca-cola cowboys back in the days following "Urban Cowboy" when everyone and their brother was trying to pass as a "real cowboy". On that subject, a lot of rodeo cowboys are treated with disdain by those from working ranches. Rodeo is an extremely expensive "hobby" and most "real cowboys" can't afford to ride any circuit other than the pasture fence line.) The vast majority of rodeo cowboys, and wage riding cowboys, for that matter, end up so stoved up that they are old men by the age of 40, something the film gave a passing nod to. Lane really did wear a wild turkey feather in his hatband, but he wasn't hurt by Red Rock, who was actually a popular bull to draw. The trailer in the picture was an insult to the man, and they did split up for awhile, but it wasn't over cheating. Tuff really did manage to hang on for 8 more seconds in honor of Lane during his ride at the 1989 National Rodeo Finals. You can say well, heck, it is only a movie, cut it some slack, but I say this is about a real man who really touched a lot of people's hearts, and those that don't know any better now only get this fractured view of him. He deserved a lot better.Then there is the way family members are portrayed. If one believes this movie, the whole Frost family had closeness issues... and that is just with the parents. Lane's siblings are ignored all together. In real life, Elsie is generous and the picture of Christian charity, and bless her for it, but this film showed her and Clyde in a pretty bad light, and doesn't say much for his real life wife either.Still, there are some interesting moments, and an absolutely priceless credit sequence where we get to see the real Lane Frost in action. Your heart can leap into your mouth watching him get busted up by those bulls and you may cheer when he gets up and walks away with that infectious grin of his. If you want to be a bullrider, you may even give it a rethink after seeing that even a champion gets stomped every once in awhile. I always bust out sobbing while those precious minutes roll by, but it is from seeing Lane ride again, and being mentally transported back in time. Those were exciting and very stressful years, and I frankly resent the director's attempt to force us into reaching for the tissues by the choice in music over the credits. (Typical country tearjerkers.) Instead of walking away in contemplation, or in marvel of Lane's life, we are left on a very big downer, a box office killer and further proof someone was asleep on the job. Lane would not have wanted that for us.Overall, I give it low marks for the mauling of a genuine American Hero, but qualified high marks for that credit sequence!

I should say right off I'm a big fan of bull-riding and rodeo. Since the Karate Kid's director made this movie, I thought it would be really great. I wouldn't make a convict watch this movie. There were more dirty jokes/scenes than I ever expected. I bet there's cowboys out there who are EMBARRASSED by this movie. Lane Frost starts out as a nice guy, but he turns into a (pardon the pun) bull-headed, conceited jerk overnight. The reason I hate it so much is it's so danged depressing. I mean, in some movies, the hero DOES become a conceited jerk, but they grow out of it, and they certainly don't end up dying in the end. I have no idea idea how long it was, but it felt like THREE DAYS. This is NO exaggeration, it just stinks. I give it a bucket of bull manure.