Product Details

• Format: PAL, Import
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• DVD Release Date: July 29, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000HD1COS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,524 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not for your kids, December 27, 2007

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Samuel J. Williams "Certified Complainer" (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charley Boorman: Race To Dakar (DVD)

I got this for Christmas and was quite excited. I've watched LONG WAY'ROUND several times and was excited to see essentially the same crew tackle the world's most notorious endurance race. I was not let down.

If you saw LWR, the formula is similar, starting with planning, prep, bike prep and all the joys that go along with it. My heart goes out to Charley with the weight issue. I suffer from the same thing: spend all day working out and still carry a gut. Anyways, without giving away all the fun parts, it's exciting with some humor.

Race footage is good, not great. I feel some great items are only glanced at, while some not so exciting bits are extended too much.

The real issue is the language. The "f-bomb" is dropped so much it becomes a bit uncomfortable (and I routinely ride with ex-1%ers). I can only imagine the broadcast version of this was edited to death in areas.

In all, I do recommend RACE to DAKAR, but not for anyone under 18 years of age.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as Good as Long Way Round But, January 23, 2007

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Glenn Martin "Never Read a Book Just Once" (ACT Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Race to Dakar (DVD)

Still a good series none the less. This time the series features only Charlie Boorman, although Ewan McGregor does make a couple of cameo appearances.

The Pairs to Dakar is one of the toughest if not the toughest race in the world. What the competitors go through is just incredible and it is no wonder the race has had quite a few fatalities over the years, including one during the filming of this series.

As with the Long Way Round the first couple of episodes are concerned with race prep and trying to get Charlie race fit. Enter Australian Simon Pavy (sp?), race competitor extraordinaire. He takes Charlie under his wing and gives him some gruelling workouts trying to get him ready. Unfortunately both desire and luck are not on Charlie's side with him pulling out of some three hour enduro races (that weren't a patch on ONE day of the Paris to Dakar) or being injured on the second day of dune training. Not only that but the support vehicle is having it's own share of problems and with 24 hours before leaving it's still not finished!

Still Charlie amazes us all when he gets to the real thing and puts in some monumental gruelling efforts. The same can't be said for the support vehicle which is plagued by electrical and mechanical problems. At least Russ Malkin didn't roll it this time... Injuries abound and the bikes are put down countless times. That's of course when they're not buried to their axels in the soft sand of the dunes being threatened with getting run over by the car/truck competitors that seem to have little regard for the motorcyclists.

All and all a very enjoyable series and while it didn't seem to have the depth that the Long Way Round did, I still enjoyed it immensely and would recommend it to anyone who got a kick out of Long Way Round.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Long Way 'Round, yet Awesome, July 16, 2008

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C. Roeder (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charley Boorman: Race To Dakar (DVD)

After having seen both Long Way Round and Long Way Down, I was a little concerned that this would be another rushed trip that could have been a little better. It is not. Dakar is a great film about the race. It's not just poorly planned travel, but an exciting look at a big race the US doesn't see much of.