Dust to Glory

This makes you want to go out and race the baja. Great movie.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, very exciting. The cinematography was excellent, very difficult to shoot an action film of a live race for sure, but they pulled it off. I came away wanting to enter the race myself. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys action films.

I didn't know anything about the Baja 1000 before watching this film, so all the information about the race's history and the area it takes place in was helpful to me. If I had known about the race, I might have been wanted more actual racing action and less background. And some of the quick-cut editing gave more of a flash-"feel" to certain scenes rather than actual observation of the action. But those points are picky compared to the overall excellence of this film. I sat shaking my head in disbelief while trucks roared (and slid) at high speed a few feet away from spectators, separated only by a rope or some cones! The grueling, pounding trail rides of the motorcyclists were captured perfectly by on-helmet cams. The accidents, the humorous events, the near-death brushes -like the race itself, the filmmakers kept me on the edge of my seat, never knowing what would happen next. (The Added Feature segment of a cameraman riding a bike, trying to keep up with one of the racers, mile after mile, is worth the price of the movie. I ride motorcyles, but not off-road. The view through the helmet cam was incredible!)
I especially appreciated the repeated themes of family unity, friendship, and "never give up" that were presented again and again in the words and actions of many racers. The movie ended up being as inspirational as it was exciting, which I certainly didn't expect.
Great movie! (And again, the "extra features" are really worth watching; seeing what the filmmakers went through to finish their project was also surprisingly interesting and inspirational.)

We've watched this 20 times already. And then I discoverd the "extra footage". I like to watch the helmet cam footage when there's nothing on tv at the end of the day. It's like you're riding it. Awesome.

WOW! I just watched Dust to Glory... What a freakin awesome film! Two Thumbs up to Dana Brown. This film does a great job of covering the TACATE SCORE BAJA 1000 from beginning to end. Great camera angles and wonderful interviews from several teams from each class. I definately reccomend this DVD to anyone who is even the slightest bit intereted in Off-Road Racing and The Baja or just any gear head in general. It is by far worth every penny spent.