Slow Ride Home

If you're looking for testosterone fueled macho-man, high speed action- you must have missed the part about being on scooters for 3700 miles.

Riders will appreciate what a triumph it is to take a small engine bike like that across the country in just 11 days, with no (real) mechanics. The guys manage to take their mind off the miles with funny conversations and ridiculous challenges that you can't help but laugh at.

Slow Ride Home will leave you with is an appreciation for patience, beautiful sights and friendship.

Great movie! I watched it a 2nd time a few days after the first viewing. Each person had relatable parts about them.

I gave it 9 out of 10 rating because a lot of the sounds were all over the place, spiking really loud when doing audio from their com units. Other than that, a fantastic documentary about a group of friends loving and hating every moment of a journey together.

I think we can all agree Paul fights like a wuss using his lanky arms to keep his opponent away.

I have now seen this documentary about 5+ times and each time I watch it, I find something new. These bunch of friends who act like brothers to each other, travelled across the US on a scooter that barely pushes 55mph downhill with a breeze.

There's no big budget or team of mechanics on hand to help, this is as raw as it gets. THAT is what gives this documentary a load of heart.

If this documentary doesn't make you want to go out and buy a scooter after watching it, then nothing will.

Not everyone will identify with this film or its eight central characters. Why would grown men opt to ride scooters - to be clear, not motorcycles but small motor scooters - from coast to coast, not to mention having latex animal masks stretched over their helmets? A person who understands the answer to that question is a viewer who would probably appreciate this documentary.

The Scooter Cannonball Run has taken place every two years since 2004. This film follows the Soldiers of Destiny, a scooter club from Seattle, as the riders and a support van trek from Fernandina Beach, Fla., to Mukilteo, Wash., during the 2016 run.

Like any good road trip story, the guys doubt themselves, bicker, tease, face challenges and, ultimately, move into an even deeper friendship.

My regret was not having an opportunity to see more of the sights along the way, but the well-documented realities accompanying long, often grueling, days on the road, helps one understand this is simply not that kind of movie.

What it does have is excellent music by rider Jesse Morrow. The images, though sometimes monotonous due to having to rely mostly on cameras mounted on the bikes or riders, are fun to watch. Additionally, drone footage occasionally gives an interesting aerial view.

Ultimately, what makes Slow Ride Home work is the guys, having fun, being themselves, and not holding back because of a camera.

Just a bunch of bros riding tiny scooters 3,800 miles across the country at 35mph like absolute legends. It's dumb, it's brilliant, it's borderline unhinged-and that's what makes it so fun. Equal parts road trip, midlife crisis, and scooter cult documentary. Watch it. Then question your life choices. Twice. And maybe grow a mustache.