The Ride
1998, PG, 101 min.
Directed by Michael Sajbel, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Michael Biehn, Brock Pierce, Jennifer Blanc, Chris Owens, Clarence Felder, Jennifer O’Neill, Franklin Graham.

Not reviewed at press time. Produced by World Wide Pictures, the motion picture arm of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, The Ride promises inspirational entertainment. When a legendary rodeo star hits rock bottom after a run-in with the law, he must choose between going to jail or teaching a young Christian boy how to ride a bull. Although this rodeo jockey grapples with giving up drinking and gambling, apparently in the end he is allowed to hang on to the bull.

This article appears in February 27 • 1998 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.