PG-13Streaming on Angel Guild

Hard Miles

Push to the limit.

2024 • 109 min • Drama

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Synopsis

A strong-willed social worker at a youth prison assembles a cycling team of teenage convicts and takes them on a transformative 1000-mile ride. Inspired by the life of Greg Townsend and the Ridgeview Academy Cycling Team. This is the story of how these troubled young men found another gear.

Our family guide

Best from age 12

Movie Knight Score

42 reviews

100 Reviewers · 2 · 57%
69 Audience · 40 · 43%

Inspired by a true story, a determined social worker helps troubled teens from a youth prison find purpose and redemption by training them for a challenging 1000-mile bicycle ride. It's a hopeful and earnest journey about second chances.

Violence & peril: 3/10
Language: 3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 2/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 1/10

Heads up

Teenagers from a correctional facility are central to the story, with some mentions of their past troubles and criminal
Some coarse language and thematic elements suitable for teens.

What it models well

Redemption and second chances
Teamwork and perseverance
Mentorship and guidance
Overcoming personal challenges

Talk about it after

What does it mean to earn a second chance?
How can physical challenges help us grow?
The importance of good mentors
Dealing with past mistakes and moving forward

Written by the Movie Knight editorial team for Hard Miles. Our own words, our own scoring — always double-check against your family's standards.

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Top billed cast

Director: R.J. Daniel Hanna • Crew: R.J. Daniel Hanna, Christian Sander

Trailers & clips

"Starting a Fire"

Official Trailer

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
Being obsessed with bicycles, I have 3 in the apartment, obviously I liked the movie. But the film is not necessarily about bicycles, as much as young people with problems. Cycling can solve these problems. Especially cycling in nature. And Grand Canyon is truly the perfect backdrop for such adventure. So nature + bike = adventure and emotional healing.
Dhany Rafael, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
Matthew Modine is quite effective here as the cycling-obsessed Doug Townsend. By day, he's a sort of hybrid between a prison officer and social worker for young men in various stages of the criminal justice system. He is about to go on two week trip cycling the 700-odd miles to the Grand Canyon but their facility is under constant funding threat and they need something that will make a "splash".…
CinemaSerf, TMDB Community