Being Evel tells not just the incredible story behind the myth of 1970s American daredevil icon and pioneer for today´s Extreme Sports scene Robert Evel Knievel, but also the previously untold and very much darker tale of the man behind the flamboyant cape; a one-time outlaw whose wildly dangerous career spanned 75 ramp-to-ramp motorbike jumps and saw him break every bone in his body.