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75
Most of Ultimate X is comprised of truly exhilarating footage of men -- and one woman -- pushing their bodies and their nerve to the edge.
75
Quibbles aside, Ultimate X zips by speedily and is rad fun for sports fans and sedentary folks alike.
75
In a feat of truly impressive cinematic finesse, Hendricks manages to capture every possible angle, from below a soaring motorcycle to atop a speeding luger's helmet.
70
In the end, after the super-modified shovel racing, wild half-pipe action and integral employment of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid," there's a poignancy to the piece.
70
All of this looks great on the giant IMAX screen -- most things do -- but the filmmakers can't shake the sense that this is an inflated TV special.
70
The film's strengths may actually work against it with younger fans who might be disappointed by the few stomach-churning, white-knuckler moments.
63
This being the "ultimate" movie about "extreme" sports, there's a lot of superlative slinging in the commentary.
63
After clawing their way into the Olympics, so-called extreme sports deserve respect, but this is no way to get it.
60
Nausea-inducing street luge provides the requisite kinesthetic thrill of this mega-cinematic genre.
50
Instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the X Games, we get a cinematic postcard that's superficial and unrealized.
