Gleaming the Cube (1989)
An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the case, with a skateboard.
- Graeme Clifford
- Dennis M. White
- Frank Capra III
- Daniel R. Suhart
- Marilyn Bailey
- Buddy Joe Hooker
- Al Nicholson
- Stacy Peralta
- Michael Tolkin
Rating: 5.9/10 by 130 users
Alternative Title:
A Brother's Justice - US
Skate or Die - US
Rebellen auf Skateboards - DE
Tödliches Risiko - DE
危险之至 - CN
Tödliches Risiko - Gleaming the Cube - DE
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Português
Tiếng Việt
Runtime: 01 hour 46 minutes
Budget: $10,000,000
Revenue: $2,777,280
Plot Keyword: skateboarding, los angeles, california
Yeah, it's not the best movie. It could actually be a lot better... but it is entertaining as all.... heck? Even if you aren't hip to the whole skater thing, this is a seriously fun movie to watch in the cheap 80s action/adventure kind of way. It has a compelling enough police drama vide, even if most of the action is centered around skateboarding... which is also fun to watch. I honestly think a lot of the distaste comes from the fact that it is capitalizing on what was, in the 80s, seen as a passing fad. But the story is still solid for what it is. It has a good message about family ties. It has actual character growth. The story is something that Hollywood has forgotten to do lately, make a compelling narrative. But this somehow manages to accomplish that and still, you know, exploit the skater phenomenon that was sweeping the nation at the time.
