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HEAVEN and HELL'2
- 'The
Second Coming'
Chilli Video's 'The
Second Coming' captures young wild Brits at their best!
A HEALTHY MIX OF
INSANITY, DISRESPECT & HARD RIDING!
Since its release
in 2001, Heaven & Hell has singularly put UK FMX on the world stage. Now,
its sequel Heaven & Hell The Second Coming showcases just how far the
upstarts have come.
This week
Christmas came early, as the latest Chilli / Duke production a Freestyle Video
arrived through the letterbox to review. The excitement wained a little when I
realised they had sent a DVD, as no one in our house possses a DVD player.
This caused frantic action Saturday night when we went to watch it - because
as usual nothing was worth watching on terrestrial TV !. In the end we
scrounged an old laptop which played DVD's, so finally the family sat around
the kitc hen
table watching the evenings entertainment!
But don't panic
you hard spending racers - They do also supply it on VHS videotape.
Initially I was
anxious about what we were going to see. But my fears were allayed. Chilli had
come up with some great video action sequences - that literally blew me away.
Jamie
Squibb having fun at home in Devon with a few wild UK mates.
(Click
the image & download a big photo)
My own family of
off-road riders are not usually fans of FMX style videos - probably because we
are very close friends of Jamie Squibb, Britains top freestyle star. And once
you have seen Jamie with his buddies Brock and Taylor et al, performing their
aerial antics for real deep in the woods, with no room for error - and you
know you are going to be the one to call the ambulance out when a new trick
goes horribly wrong. Watching it on tape afterwards doesn't have quite the
same buzz. Probably because it seems so much safer! (Safer are you kidding
Biker!)
But this is where Chilli
excelled - Through fantastic bike and camera mounted helmet shots, you get a
real feel of what it's like to be in the air alongside the riders - It doesn't
feel good - but it's truly awesome!
Click on the right image to
download
a hot Mpeg Video Clip.
This Chilli
Video Clip is approx 1.5Mb.
Other reasons why I
enjoyed it so very much - besides the brilliant filming, were quite
personal. 1: They used two of my favourite playgrounds (No I don't get
airborne, I just ride there.) 2: The music was great all through and
well chosen for each bit of the film - including 2 of my favourite tracks. 3:
My wife says I am not allowed to mention the scantily clad young girls getting
filled in as they 'play around' in the Welsh mud! ;o)
Heaven and Hell ‘The
Second Coming’ ignores the California cliché, instead it celebrates the
down to earth grit that makes the UK scene so core.
 The
UK FMX scene now has a real energy about it. There are the red-hot established
riders like Brock, Taylor and Squibb at the top of their game, and the fresh
young rippers like Dave Wiggins who at just 18 is already showing huge
potential. The Second Coming is all about showcasing this talent and
delivering the best UK action ever caught on film
No room for error in this
tight woodland.
The film is
centred around the top FMX spots in the Country, in the main post industrial
wastelands that despite their grime have become quintessential proving grounds
for the UK scene. Graded MX tracks it is definitely not about.
From the
mountains of Wales to the plains of Norfolk, and beaches in Cornwall to
scrap-yards in Somerset the film is a mixture of secret freeride spots and
riders' backyard set-ups. The film is about the riders on their home turf,
because that’s where they perform best.
Heart-stopping action from First to last.
Events include
NASS, Plymouth Dirty Weekend and a crazy on-the-beach session in front of
thousands at Newquay’s famous Fistral Surf Masters.
 The
film is a high quality production. 16mm is used extensively, whilst bike and
body mounted mini cams give fresh views that really bring a whole new feel to
the action.
Perfect practice makes
perfect.
In addition to
all the action, the film also features footage of riders learning 360s,
blasting supermoto bikes, welsh girls getting wet & dirty and hilarious
anecdotes about what the riders get up to when off their bikes.
Finally, the
whole package is wrapped up in a thundering soundtrack that includes The Sex
Pistols, Queens of the Stoneage and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Heaven & Hell ‘The Second
Coming’ at time of
review is priced at
£16.99 on DVD, £14.99 on VHS, available from leading video outlets or direct
from DUKE
marketing.
01624 640033 or Visit www.chillivideo.com
Feature editor - Adrian Harris
Photos & Video - Chilli Video
Chilli Video - 01624
640033. www.chillivideo.com
Articles
Copyright © Adrian Harris 2004. Not to be
reproduced without prior permission.
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