Hard Miles

"Push to the limit."

2024 1h 49m EN

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★6.9TMDB · 41

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A strong-willed social worker at a youth prison assembles a cycling team of teenage convicts and takes them on a transformative 1000-mile ride. Inspired by the life of Greg Townsend and the Ridgeview Academy Cycling Team. This is the story of how these troubled young men found another gear.

“Push to the limit.”

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Cast

Matthew Modine
Greg Townsend
Cynthia Kaye McWilliams
Haddie
Jahking Guillory
Woolbright
Jackson Kelly
Smink
Zachary T. Robbins
Rice
Damien Diaz
Atencio
Leslie David Baker
Skip Bowman
Sean Astin
Speedy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: R.J. Daniel Hanna
Writers: R.J. Daniel Hanna, Christian Sander
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by R.J. Daniel Hanna, shot by Mack Fisher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Andrew Brick Johnson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Matthew Modine and Cynthia Kaye McWilliams and Jahking Guillory carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Push to the limit.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt15353574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

R.J. Daniel Hanna directs. Mack Fisher behind the camera. Andrew Brick Johnson scores. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 2 years ago.
2Directed by R.J. Daniel Hanna, shot by Mack Fisher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Andrew Brick Johnson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Matthew Modine and Cynthia Kaye McWilliams and Jahking Guillory carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Push to the limit.".
6IMDB entry: tt15353574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 11 themes, including "grand canyon", "based on true story", "road trip", "coming of age".

The technical file

Cinematography: Mack Fisher
Original score: Andrew Brick Johnson
Production design: Susannah Lowber
Costume design: Claire Hildred
Makeup / hair: Laura Raczka
Stunt coordinator: Stephen W. Schriver
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $375,541
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Hard Miles (2024)

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CinemaSerf2024-06-07
★ 7/10
Matthew Modine is quite effective here as the cycling-obsessed Doug Townsend. By day, he's a sort of hybrid between a prison officer and social worker for young men in various stages of the criminal justice system. He is about to go on two week trip cycling the 700-odd miles to the Grand Canyon but their facility is under constant funding threat and they need something that will make a "splash". He leads a welding class of four disparate lads who each have their own problems and who could pick a fight with Mother Theresa! Then he hits on an idea to get them to make their own bikes. His boss and his colleague "Haddie" (Cynthia Kaye McWilliams) are somewhat sceptical of his next suggestion. He takes them all along on his trip. She had already been involved in a disabling altercation at work, so could drive the supply van whilst the rest cycle. It's risky. They aren't so fit, they might abscond and presently, would cheerily ride over each other before going anywhere! From here on, it's all rather predicable but the underlying messages of inter-reliance, team spirit and friendship evolve quite well with strong contributions from Jahking Guillory - the recalcitrant "Woolbright" and from Jackson Kelly as the weedy "Smink" who has significant dietary issue: he doesn't eat. The photography works well on two levels. The scenery as we travel towards the Canyon itself, and the intensive style of coverage of their journey involving us in the strenuousness of their struggle both physically and emotionally. It's essentially about having purpose, I think. Rudderless people who are abandoned to drift along aimlessly fall into bad habits. Townsend sees that and wants to head off their loneliness and sense of hopelessness at the pass by giving them something to be proud of. To achieve on their own terms. It's a bit long but has some comedy (frequently from or at the expense of McWilliams) and even if the conclusion is pretty obvious from the get-go, it's still a film that has some punch at the end.
Dhany Rafael2025-06-16
★ 7/10
Being obsessed with bicycles, I have 3 in the apartment, obviously I liked the movie. But the film is not necessarily about bicycles, as much as young people with problems. Cycling can solve these problems. Especially cycling in nature. And Grand Canyon is truly the perfect backdrop for such adventure. So nature + bike = adventure and emotional healing.